Aesop

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One summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have plenty of food now." The Ant went on its way. When winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.

-- Rick (rick@wmrs.edu), January 02, 2000

Answers

This little ant is still preparing for the coming hard times.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), January 02, 2000.

One summer's day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to it's heart's content. An ant passed by, pulling a flat bed truck of fuel and toilet paper he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me?" said the grasshopper, "instead of toiling in that way?"

"I am helping to proect my nest for Y2K," said the ant, "And recommend you do the same,"

"Why bother about Y2K?" said the grasshopped. "Why would a turbine care about the year?"

The ant went on its way.

When winter came, the grassopper had plenty of power and found itself letting the ant's wife and children sleep on his couch after the ant's improperly stored fuel and toilet paper and compusted and destroyed his nest.

-- Alice in Wonderbra (downther@bbithole.com), January 02, 2000.


Alice in Wonderland .... There was a fictional charcter in a real book, Alice . You are living in a fairyland existance in your mind, Alice . This REAL problem will NOT go away . Better cut down on what you are smoking , and join the real world . But , then again , maybe you are better off in your our little world at this late stage of the game . Just don't knock on my door for food and forgiveness . You may get the forgiveness ; even grasshoppers deserve that much . Silver Eagle ... circling .. watching ... waiting ( for grasshoppers ) .

-- Silver Eagle (S.Eagle@nest.com), January 02, 2000.

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