Once, there
lived a lazy grasshopper and a hardworking ant in a forest. The grasshopper did
not like to work at all. All day, he sang songs and played in the warm
sunshine.
“Hey, Hey ! Look
at me ! I’m as happy as can be !” The grasshopper
laughed at the hardworking ant as she worked day and night.
“I am storing
for the long winter season,” she replied. At this the lazy grasshopper laughed
louder.
Summer ended and
the cold winter arrived. The wind blew strong and it started snowing. The grasshopper
began to worry now. “There is no food to eat, no grass, no flowers or leaves. I
can’t see even the tiniest fly or worm. What will I do ? I will surely starve !”
He cried. “Let me meet my kind neighbour the ant.”
The grasshopper
remembered how the hardworking ant and had stored grains for the winter. He knocked
at the ant’s door. “Dear ant, I am hungry and suffering from cold. I have
nothing to eat. Please can you give me some food to eat ?”
The ant shook in
anger, “Lazy one ! What were you doing all the summer ? You were only singing
and dancing. You should have thaught of the cold winter months ahead. Go away.”
She slammed her door shut. The lazy grasshopper was left as hungry as before.
Moral
– The lazy person faces the difficulties in future.