On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it .

A grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of to preserve his life.

"What were you doing, "said the ant, "this last summer ?

""Oh,"said the grasshopper,"I was not idle .

I kept singing all the summer long .

"said the ant, laughing and shutting up his granary .

"Since you could sing all summer, you may dance all winter.

" Winter finds out what summer lays by.

在寒冷，结霜的天气，一只蚂蚁拖曳出一些夏天储存起来的玉米，想晾干。

一只蚱蜢，饿的要死，恳求蚂蚁给他一些食物让他保住性命。

蚂蚁说："那你整个夏天在干什么？

"蚱蜢说："我并不闲着，我整个夏天都在歌唱。

"蚂蚁笑着关闭了他的谷仓，说："你可以在整个夏天歌唱，那你也可能整个冬天都跳舞。

"冬天都找出夏天在干什么？

词汇：laid up 储存a morsel of 一些，些许granary 谷仓【蚂蚁和蚱蜢查看网站：[db:时间]】