In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest."Why ...

Most people are familiar with the popular fable commonly attributed to Aesop, "The Ant and the Grasshopper". The ants work tirelessly through the summer collecting and storing food to last them ...

Sam Sacks’s review of “Aesop’s Fables” (Books, Nov. 2) brings to mind a modern twist on an old classic: In the summer, the ants worked and saved, while the grasshoppers played. The ants warned that ...

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