The Ants and the Grasshopper蚂蚁与蚱蜢
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?' He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter." 冬季,蚂蚁正忙着把潮湿的谷子晒干。饥饿的蚱蜢跑来,向他们乞讨食物。蚂蚁问他: “你为什么在夏天不去收集食物呢?” 蚱蜢回答说:“那时没有时间,我忙于唱美妙动听的 歌。”蚂蚁嘲笑说:“你夏季如要唱歌,那么冬季就去跳舞吧。”这故事说明,要不失时机 地工作、劳动,才能丰衣足食;如果一味玩乐,只能挨饿。