The Grasshopper and the Ant
Once there lived a lazy grasshopper. He didn’t like to
work. All day long he sang songs and played in the
warm sunshine.
“Hee, Hee ! Look at me! I’m as happy as can be!” The
grasshopper laughed at the hardworking ants as they
worked day and night.
“We are storing grain for the long winter ahead,” they replied. The lazy grasshopper only laughed louder. Summer ended and the cold winter arrived. The wind blew strong and it started snowing. The grasshopper now began to worry. “There is no food to eat, no grass, no flowers or leaves. I can’t see even the tiniest fly or worm. What will I do? I will surely starve!” he cried. “Let me meet my kind neighbour, the ant!” The grasshopper remembered how the hardworking ant had stored away grain for the winter. He knocked at her door. “Dear ant, I am hungry and cold. I have nothing to eat. Please can you give me some food?”
The ant shook in anger. “Lazy one! What were you doing all summer? You were only singing and dancing. You should have thought of the cold winter months ahead. Go away!” She slammed her door shut. The lazy grasshopper was left as hungry as before.
Reading is fun
If you were asked to store things for the winter what would you store?
Name any three things. Which season do you like the best?
Tell the class the story of the grasshopper and the ant in your own language.
Word building
Circle the words that mean the same.
speak talk shout
complete finish start
small thin little
sick ill stout
big large fat
“We are storing grain for the long winter ahead,” they replied. The lazy grasshopper only laughed louder. Summer ended and the cold winter arrived. The wind blew strong and it started snowing. The grasshopper now began to worry. “There is no food to eat, no grass, no flowers or leaves. I can’t see even the tiniest fly or worm. What will I do? I will surely starve!” he cried. “Let me meet my kind neighbour, the ant!” The grasshopper remembered how the hardworking ant had stored away grain for the winter. He knocked at her door. “Dear ant, I am hungry and cold. I have nothing to eat. Please can you give me some food?”
The ant shook in anger. “Lazy one! What were you doing all summer? You were only singing and dancing. You should have thought of the cold winter months ahead. Go away!” She slammed her door shut. The lazy grasshopper was left as hungry as before.
Reading is fun
If you were asked to store things for the winter what would you store?
Name any three things. Which season do you like the best?
Tell the class the story of the grasshopper and the ant in your own language.
Word building
Circle the words that mean the same.
speak talk shout
complete finish start
small thin little
sick ill stout
big large fat
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