The ants was spending a fine winters day drying grain collected in the summertime。A grasshopper perishing with famine，Passed by and earnesly begged for a little food。The ants required of him，“Why did you not treasure up food during the summer？” He replied，“I had no leisure enough。I passed the days in singing。” Then they said in derision：“If you were foolish enough to sing on the summer you must dance supperless to bed in the winter。”

在一個溫暖的冬日裡，螞蟻們忙著晾曬，他們在夏天收集的穀子。一隻飢餓的螞蚱經過，他懇求螞蟻給他些食物吃，螞蟻們問他：“你在夏天的時候，為什麼不儲存糧食呢？”螞蚱回答道：“我沒有其他時間做別的，整個夏天我都在唱歌中度過。”“哦，這就難怪了，”螞蟻們嘲笑他說：“如果你一整個夏天都在唱歌，那你冬天就只配這樣餓著肚子睡覺了。”