Summary of poem the ant and the cricket
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The summary of the poem “The ant and the cricket”
This poem is based on the cricket and the ant, where the cricket doesn’t work during summers and because of this he was not able to enjoy or eat the food during winters. On the other hand, the ants work all the summer to eat in winters. The cricket at last comes to the ants in winters to get some food, but the ants refuse. The moral of this poem is that we should work harder for our own sake and for the time of troubles. Moreover, always remember that todays saving is tomorrows income.
The Ant and the cricket
Summary
The poem tells us the story of a careless cricket who was busy in singing only and never thought and did anything for his future and an ant who was very sincere to his work and thought and did for the future . The ant lived with self-respect even in harsh time while the cricket had to beg and could not survive harsh hour of winter.
Once upon a time... one hot summer, a cricket sang cheerfully on the branch of a tree, while down below, a long line of ants struggled gamely under the weight of their load of grains; and between one song and the next, the cricket spoke to the ants. "Why are you working so hard? Come into the shade, away from the sun, and sing a song with me." But the tireless ants went on with the work... "We can't do that," they said, "We must store away food for the winter. When the weather`s cold and the ground white with snow, there's nothing to eat, and we'll survive the winter only if the pantry is full."
"There's plenty of summer to come," replied the cricket, "and lots of time to fill the pantry before winter. I'd rather sing! How can anyone work in this heat and sun?"
And so all summer, the cricket sang while the ants laboured. But the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months. Autumn came, the leaves began to fall and the cricket left the bare tree. The grass too was turning thin and yellow. One morning, the cricket woke shivering with cold. An early frost tinged the fields with white and turned the last of the green leaves brown: winter had come at last.
The cricket wandered, feeding on the few dry stalks left on the hard frozen ground. Then the snow fell and he could find nothing at all to eat. Trembling and famished, he thought sadly of the warmth and his summer songs. One evening, he saw a speck of light in the distance, and trampling through the thick snow, made his way towards it.
The cricket knocked on the ant's door asking for help. The ant opened the door and the cricket requested him to give shelter from snow and some food. He promised to return it. He added that if the ant didn't help him, he would die out of starvation and sorrow. In answer to this the ants refused to help him and said, " I'm your servant also and a friend meanwhile." But there is a principle we ants follow --- We ants never borrow, we ants never lend. Then the ants asked the cricket what he was doing in summer. The cricket answersed by saying that he was indulged in dancing and singing and making merry. At this the ant puts a sarcastic remark before the cricket ----- Go then dance the winter away. Saying so, the ant turned the cricket out of his house.
Moral : We should have happy moments but should not ignore our future. Careful planning is essential for everyone and it ensures a secure future.
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