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Title
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The Grasshopper and the Ant: A Story about Planning
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Famous Fables
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FF19
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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First printing
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Retold by Sarah Albee
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Hockerman, Dennis
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:35:57Z
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2012-07
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2006
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:35:57Z
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Date Issued
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2006
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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9781599390826 (alk. paper)
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8951 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Reader's Digest Young Families
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Pleasantville, NY
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Subject
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PZ8.2.F368 Gras 2006
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One story
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole