In the Aesop fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” there are moral, economic and political lessons for our time, or any other. As the story goes, the lazy grasshopper whiles away his summer ...

In one of Aesop's famous fables, we are introduced to the grasshopper and the ant, whose decisions about how to spend their time affect their lives and future. The jovial grasshopper has a blast ...

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest."Why ...

The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused. The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future.

When winter came, the Grasshopper’s pantry was empty, and his shelter ruined from neglect. The Ant, weary from planting, harvesting, and stocking up for months, was dining comfortably in his nest.

After years of trying to figure out why ants do better than grasshoppers, I realized there is another, unintended moral embedded in the fable. It's a lesson Aesop did not mention, but Nobel-prize ...

In a beautiful forest, a busy little ant works tirelessly to gather food. One day, while riding a dragonfly, he falls into a stream and is saved by a kind dove who drops a leaf for him to float to ...

In the winter, the grasshopper starves while the ant thrives. For Brown, who is preparing to tussle over the state budget with more liberal Democratic lawmakers, the fable is a useful tale.

When winter came, the Grasshopper's pantry was empty, and his shelter ruined from neglect. The Ant, weary from planting, harvesting, and stocking up for months, was dining comfortably in his nest.

I heard that somewhere, but I always figured it was way too early to start thinking about it. So I never did. It’s sort of an update on the Aesop Fable about “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” ...