Folk Tale
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Translated From
Τέττιξ καὶ μύρμηκες
| Author | Αἴσωπος |
|---|---|
| Language | Ancient Greek |
Other Translations / Adaptations
| Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y morgrugyn a'r ceiliog rhedyn | Welsh | Gan Glan Alun | 1887 |
| A shicala e i furmiculi | Sicilian | _ | _ |
| O mravenci a o kobylce | Czech | Václav Hollar | 1665 |
| Kobylke a mravcoch | Slovak | _ | _ |
| Author | George Fyler Townsend |
|---|---|
| Book Title | Aesop's Fables |
| Publication Date | 1867 |
| ATU | 280A |
| Language | English |
| Origin | Greece |
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?' He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
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