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Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,*,In a field one summers day a grasshopper was hopping about,chirping and singing to its hearts content.A group of ants walked by,grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn and other food gathered from the forest.,Where are you going with those heavy things asked the grasshopper.,Without stopping,the first ant replied,To our ant hill.,This is the third load Ive delivered today.,Why not come and sing with me,teased the grasshopper,instead of working so hard,We are helping to store food for the winter,said the ant,and think you should do the same.,Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play,sang the grasshopper.,But the ants went on their way and continued their hard work.,The weather soon turned cold.,All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through.,Soon the grasshopper found itself so very hungry.,He staggered to the ants hill and saw them handing out corn from the supplies they had collected in the summer.,He begged them for something to eat.,What!,cried the ants in surprise,havent you stored anything away for the winter,What were you doing all last summer“,I didnt have time to store any food,complained the grasshopper;,I was so busy playing music that before I knew it the summer was gone.,The ants shook their heads in disgust,turned back to their work and said,“Dont forget:there is a time for work and a time for play!,
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