The modern fable: The ant put all his money in Madoff Investments and lost it all, they both die in winter, but at least the grasshopper had some good times.
Oh, how wonderful that these young ones learn this little story. My father told it to us kids all the time, but at the end he wouold alwas ask: "What is the right thing to do? Push the grashopper out the door into the cold?..... or give him what he needs so he willnot starve or freeze?" If I said, "Feed the grasshopper", then my dad would ask, "Why?" ....now I realize that he was tellilng me that I could be an ant or I could risk having enough when winter arrived!
The modern fable: The ant put all his money in Madoff Investments and lost it all, they both die in winter, but at least the grasshopper had some good times.
videoguy604 1 year ago
In the original fable, at the end, the ants say "That's the breaks, Grasshopper!" and the grasshopper dies.
rocketcitymama 1 year ago
Wow! i cant believe these children actually told that WHOLE story!! and they said it so well!
deeanne17 1 year ago
if you feed the grasshopper, you teach him that it is ok to slack off because someone will always cover for you. terrible idea.
scir91 2 years ago
Oh, how wonderful that these young ones learn this little story. My father told it to us kids all the time, but at the end he wouold alwas ask: "What is the right thing to do? Push the grashopper out the door into the cold?..... or give him what he needs so he willnot starve or freeze?" If I said, "Feed the grasshopper", then my dad would ask, "Why?" ....now I realize that he was tellilng me that I could be an ant or I could risk having enough when winter arrived!
HatRatt 2 years ago
Very nice! :-)
inspiredbuddy 3 years ago