One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently up came a Grasshopper and begged them to spare her a few grains. "For," she said, "I'm simply starving." The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the Grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the Ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled and went on with their work. Moral: Waste your time as you please, but never let yourself become dependant upon the self-righteous. TEXT One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn , which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain . Presently up came a Grasshopper and begged them to spare her a few grains . `` For , '' she said , `` I 'm simply starving . '' The Ants stopped work for a moment , though this was against their principles . `` May we ask , '' said they , `` what you were doing with yourself all last summer ? Why did n't you collect a store of food for the winter ? '' `` The fact is , '' replied the Grasshopper , `` I was so busy singing that I had n't the time . '' `` If you spent the summer singing , '' replied the Ants , `` you ca n't do better than spend the winter dancing . '' And they chuckled and went on with their work . Moral : Waste your time as you please , but never let yourself become dependant upon the self-righteous . 2~3~4 6 7~8 12 12~13~14~15 23~24~25~26~27 27 32~33 36 39 40~41~42 48 52 58~59 61 63~64 70 70~71 75 80 84 88 89~90~91 96 98~99~100~101 101 103~104 108~109 114~115 118 124 127~128 133 135~136 141~142 145 152~153 158 164 164~165 167 170 170~171 173 179 183~184 One fine day|649 winter|650,675,685 some Ants|651,652,657,662,665,667,668,683,686,687 their store of corn|653 a long spell of rain|654 rain|655 a Grasshopper|656,658,660,661,669,670,672,677,678,679,681,684 a few grains|659 work|663,688 a moment|664 ants' principles|666 all last summer|671,682 a store of food|673 food|674 The fact|676 the time|680 Moral|689 your time|691 you|690,692,693 the self-righteous|694 649|MOD:DIST:2|MOD:DESC:3|NUC:DIST:4 650|NUC:DIST:6 651|MOD:DIST:7|NUC:DIST:8 652|NUC:DIST:12 653|MOD:DIST:12|MOD:DESC:13~14|NUC:DIST:15 654|MOD:DIST:23|MOD:DESC:24|NUC:DESC:25|MOD:DIST:26~27 655|NUC:DIST:27 656|MOD:DIST:32|NUC:DIST:33 657|NUC:DIST:36 658|NUC:DESC:39 659|MOD:DIST:40|MOD:DIST:41|NUC:DIST:42 660|NUC:DIST:48 661|NUC:DIST:52 662|MOD:DIST:58|NUC:DIST:59 663|NUC:DIST:61 664|MOD:DIST:63|NUC:DIST:64 665|NUC:DIST:70 666|MOD:DIST:70|NUC:DIST:71 667|NUC:DIST:75 668|NUC:DIST:80 669|NUC:DIST:84 670|NUC:DIST:88 671|MOD:DIST:89|MOD:DIST:90|NUC:DIST:91 672|NUC:DIST:96 673|MOD:DESC:98~99~100|NUC:DIST:101 674|NUC:DIST:101 675|MOD:DIST:103|NUC:DIST:104 676|MOD:DIST:108|NUC:DIST:109 677|MOD:DIST:114|NUC:DIST:115 678|NUC:DIST:118 679|NUC:DIST:124 680|MOD:DIST:127|NUC:DIST:128 681|NUC:DIST:133 682|MOD:DIST:135|NUC:DIST:136 683|MOD:DIST:141|NUC:DIST:142 684|NUC:DIST:145 685|MOD:DIST:152|NUC:DIST:153 686|NUC:DIST:158 687|NUC:DIST:164 688|MOD:DIST:164|NUC:DIST:165 689|NUC:DIST:167 690|NUC:DIST:170 691|MOD:DESC:170|NUC:DIST:171 692|NUC:DIST:173 693|NUC:DIST:179 694|MOD:DIST:183|NUC:DIST:184