The Grasshopper and the Ant: A Story about Planning

Title

en_US The Grasshopper and the Ant: A Story about Planning

en_US Famous Fables

en_US FF19

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Retold by Sarah Albee

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Hockerman, Dennis

Date

2016-01-25T20:35:57Z

en_US 2012-07

en_US 2006

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:35:57Z

Date Issued

en_US 2006

Abstract

en_US This version of GA has Ant worried about fixing a leak in the roof on a clear sunny day in summer. Next Ant is knitting a blanket. The next day Grasshopper is on his way to a swim -- with goggles and beach towel -- but Ant is chopping and stacking firewood. Late in the summer, Grasshopper invites Ant to a picnic but Ant is canning and pickling. When we see Grasshopper in winter, he is inside his own house but he lacks a number of things: a blanket, wood, food. When Ant asks what he has been doing all summer, he answers with regret I was playing. Ant relents and invites him in to hot soup. As they sit before the fire, Ant smiles and says that he should be doing a bit more dancing in his life and asks Grasshopper to teach him how to dance. I would not say that this fable is generally about planning; it has to do with a lot deeper attitudes to life, I think, including receptivity, enjoyment, and celebration.

Identifier

en_US 9781599390826 (alk. paper)

en_US 8951 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84156

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Reader's Digest Young Families

en_US Pleasantville, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.F368 Gras 2006 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole