The Grasshopper and the Ant (Fontaine) TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br> A grasshopper gay<br> Sang the summer away,<br> And found herself poor<br> By the winter's first roar.<br> Of meat or of bread,<br> Not a morsel she had!<br> So a-begging she went,<br> To her neighbour the ant,<br> For the loan of some wheat,<br> Which would serve her to eat,<br> Till the season came round. COMMENTS: Visual Text The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics. 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
