The Grasshopper and the Ant (Bierce) TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br>One day in winter a hungry Grasshopper applied to an Ant for some of the food which they had stored.<br><br>"Why," said the Ant, "did you not store up some food for yourself, instead of singing all the time?"<br><br>"So I did," said the Grasshopper; "so I did; but you fellows broke in and carried it all away. COMMENTS: Visual Text Sardonic. Cynical. Fun. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheGrasshopperandtheAnt.pdf
