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Have you ever heard of the story The Ant
and the Grasshopper(蚱蜢) ?
One fine winter day some ants were working
in the field. They were very busy. Just then a grasshopper passed by." Good
day, kind ants," said the grasshopper, "I am very hungry. Will you
lend me a little food? I have nothing to eat. I will pay you before the next
autumn."
"You have no food of your own? Why
didn't you gather any food during the summer? You know there was much food in
the field last summer. What were you doing then?" asked an old ant. The
grasshopper answered, "I was singing all day and night during the summer.
So I had no time to gather any food. Please lend me some." "Well, then,
"said the ant, "you could sing all the summer, and you also could
dance all the winter. You only played and did not work during the summer. We'll
never lend you any food." And the ants went on working.
