Aesop's Fables The Ant and the Grasshopper

Who are the characters in the fable so far?

• Grasshopper and Ants

• Grasshopper, Ants, and Butterfly

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Why are the ants gathering food?

• They are hungry.

• The queen ant has given them orders.

• Winter is coming.

• They have  nothing else to do.

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What have the ants been busy doing?

• building a new home

• gathering food

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Why doesn't the grasshopper help the ants gather food?

• He is not friends with the ants.

• He is very busy.

• He would rather play than work.

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Why is the ant running away?

• He is afraid of the grasshopper.

• It has started to snow and winter is coming.

• He wants to tell the other ants that the grasshopper took his berry.

• He wants to return home and play in the snow.

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Why did the grasshopper have nothing to eat?

• He did not gather food like the ants.

• He could not find any food.

• He cannot find his home because of the snowstorm. 

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How do you think the grasshopper feels now?

• jealous of the ants

• happy for the ants

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Why didn't the ant share his food with the grasshopper?

• The ant just does not like grasshopper.

• The grasshopper did not do any work.

• The ant is angry.

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Why is the grasshopper helping the ants with their work now?

• The ants were nice to him when he didn't have any food.

• He knows he is stronger than the ants.

• He knows it is important to be prepared.

• The ants asked him nicely for help.

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What is the lesson of the fable?

• Help others when they need it.

• Sharing is caring.

• There is a time to work and a time to play.

• Food is important to all living things.

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