The Ant and the Grasshopper
One day a grasshopper came upon an ant at work in a garden. "Good day,"said the grasshopper. "It is a beautiful day, is it not?""Yes,"said the ant. "But the days will not stay as beautiful as they are now.""Just so!"said the grasshopper. "One must eat and be happy when one can. How is it, then, that you work when you could be playing?"
"Cold days are coming,"said the ant. "If I work now, I can eat and be happy when bad times are upon us."The grasshopper laughed at the little ant and went on his way. By and by the days turned cold. First the rains fell, and then the snow. The grasshopper could not find anything to eat. "Oh, me!"cried he, as he thought of the little ant. "I was wrong to laugh at her."A little work when times are good is a big help when times are bad.
came upon 遇見 grasshopper 蚱蜢
螞蟻和蚱蜢
一天， 蚱蜢碰到了一隻正在花園裏幹活的螞蟻。 “你好，”蚱蜢說，“今天天氣真不錯，不是嗎？” “是的，”螞蟻說，“但天氣不會總是像現在這麼好的`。” “確實如此！”蚱蜢回答，“我們應該在能吃的時候吃，能開心的時候開心。那麼，你在本來可以玩的時候卻幹活，是怎麼回事呢？” “寒冷的日子快來了。”螞蟻說，“如果我現在幹活，那麼當糟糕的日子來臨時，我就可以吃，可以開心了。” 蚱蜢嘲笑着那隻小螞蟻，還是我行我素。漸漸的，天變冷了。開始下雨了，然後下雪。蚱蜢找不到任何吃的東西。 “哦，天啊！”當他想起那隻小螞蟻時，他叫到，“我以前還嘲笑她，是我錯了。”境遇好的時候做一點工作，在境遇不好時，會是很大的幫助。
