English Original
On a cold, frosty day, an ant was dragging out some of the corn he had stored during the summer to dry it. A grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel to preserve his life.
"What were you doing this past summer?" asked the ant.
"Oh," replied the grasshopper, "I was not idle. I kept singing all summer long."
The ant laughed and shut his granary. "Since you could sing all summer, you may dance all winter."
Winter reveals what summer has laid by.
中文翻译
在一个寒冷、结霜的日子里，一只蚂蚁正拖出一些它在夏天储存起来的谷物来晾晒。一只蚱蜢饿得半死，恳求蚂蚁给它一小口食物来维持生命。
“你过去这个夏天都在做什么？”蚂蚁问道。
“哦，”蚱蜢回答，“我可没闲着。我整个夏天都在不停地唱歌。”
蚂蚁笑了，关上了它的谷仓。“既然你能唱一整个夏天，那你也可以跳一整个冬天的舞。”
冬天揭示了夏天所储备的一切。