‘Nothing better than the sound of a happy Grasshopper.’ ‘Give it a rest,’ said a passing Ant. ‘What?’ said the Grasshopper. ‘I’m trying to work here,’ said the Ant. ‘You’re ...

A grasshopper lazes around in the sunshine, eating and playing music with its wings. It makes fun of a passing ant for working so hard, dragging food back to its nest. The ant is preparing for ...

In partnership with the Meeker County Libraries, CLIMB Theatre will present its summer reading play, “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” at county libraries in the next two weeks. Performances are ...

The US seems afflicted by a ‘trade deficit disorder.’ Like the fabled grasshopper, it gets not just cheap goods from the ...

The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused. The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future.