The Ants and the Grasshopper

On a cold,frosty day the ants began dragging out some of the grain they had stored during the summer and began drying it. A grasshopper, half-dead with hunger, came by and asked the ants for a morsel to save his life.

"What did you do this past summer?" responded the ants.

"Oh," said the grasshopper, "I kept myself busy by singing all day long and all night, too."

"Well then," remarked the ants, as they laughed and shut their storehouse,"since you kept yourself busy by singing all summer, you can do the same by dancing all winter."

Idleness brings want.

【关键词】

ant[ænt]   n.蚂蚁

grasshopper[ˈgrɑ:shɒpə(r)]  n.蚱蜢，蚂蚱

frosty[ˈfrɒsti]  adj.严寒的

morsel[ˈmɔ:sl]   n.一口，小块（食物）

【翻译】

在一个非常寒冷的冬天，蚂蚁们开始将夏天储存下来的谷物搬出来，开始风干。一只饿得半死的蚂蚱走过来，请求蚂蚁们分给他一点谷物，救下他的命。

“过去的这个夏天你都干嘛去了？”蚂蚁问到。

“噢，”蚂蚱说，“我整日整夜都在忙着唱歌呢。”

“那么，”蚂蚁们谈论到，他们嘲笑着并且关闭了储粮洞，“既然你可以整个夏天都忙着唱歌，那你也可以整个冬天都跳舞啊。”

好吃懒做只能喝西北风。