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Title
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The Ants and the Grasshopper
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Short Tales
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mwst 1
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Adapted by Rob M. Worley
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Bloodworth, Mark
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:00:37Z
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2011-02
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2010
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:00:37Z
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Date Issued
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2010
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Abstract
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This is a 32-page adaptation of GA. That this is a creative adaptation of the fable is clear, if not sooner, on 4-5, where the ants above ground wear hard-hats and ants working under the earth wear miners' helmets with lights on them. The grasshopper is marked as frivolous from his first words: Gangway! I'm practicing backflips. Apparently, his backflips tear up their carefully written diagrams and plans. When the ants build a hill on a rainy summer day, one of them holds an umbrella! The grasshopper -- also holding an umbrella -- dances around their anthill. This text uses a red fall day to contrast the ants carrying food home with the grasshopper playing his fiddle. Colors switch again to white for a winter day when the grasshopper has to ask the ants if he can share their home. Ants ask the usual questions -- What were you doing all spring? All summer? All fall? but these ants wear knit woolen caps and hold snow-shovels! Their surprising next statement is To stay warm, you'll have to spend all winter playing! In this picture, they are singing, playing a violin, and shoveling snow. Moral: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity. What actually happens to the grasshopper is left undisclosed here. I like the style of these adaptations. I was inspired when I found The Fox and the Grapes in this series and immediately found and ordered the rest.
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Identifier
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9781602705517
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7101 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Magic Wagon
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Edina, MN
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Subject
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PZ8.2.W85 An 2010
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One story
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole