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| 10. The Ants And The Grasshopper The Ants were employing a fi ne winter's day in drying grain collected in the summer time. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants enquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?" He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the win ter." | 10. 蚂蚁和蚱蜢 蚂蚁们趁着晴朗的冬天，在曝晒它们夏令收集的谷粒。 一只饥肠辘辘的蚱蜢，经过那里，恳求获得一点食物。 蚂蚁们问它说：「你在夏天为什么不屯积一点食物呢？」 它回答说：「没有时间呢。 我整天在唱歌。」 它们便嘲笑它说：「你既然这么愚蠢，整个夏天都唱着歌，那你到了冬天，就不必吃饭，到床上去跳舞好了。」 |
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