The Ants and the Grasshopper

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. The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. They asked what the grasshopper was doing with himself all last summer. The Grasshopper replied, "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.

Recall the final step in the process to determine theme-use the events that happened in the fable and why they happened to infer the theme. Writing in complete sentences, identify the theme.

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Kelsie Grant

13 March, 12:36

The Ants and the Grasshopper

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. The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. They asked what the grasshopper was doing with himself all last summer. The Grasshopper replied, "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.

Recall the final step in the process to determine theme-use the events that happened in the fable and why they happened to infer the theme. Writing in complete sentences, identify the theme.

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Chaim Ferguson · Answer 1

you have to make a prediction on what happened next so either the grasshopper went and begged somebody else for food or the grass hope went and got his own food because he thought the ants were right!