The Ant and the Grasshopper

Aesop's fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper”, retold for kids card by card, with its illustrations and Fabi's voice. At the end, its moral.

Fabi tells you the story

Card 1 of 8

The summer song

The sun filled the meadow and the grasshopper sang from an ear of wheat. Down below, the ant carried a seed to her pantry while she listened to that happy tune.

GrasshopperLa, la, la! Summer is so lovely!
AntOne more seed for the pantry.
Card 2 of 8

A grain every day

Every morning the ant gathered a little food. She didn't want to miss the summer: she worked for a while and then rested, knowing the cold days would come.

AntA little every day, and then a rest.
Card 3 of 8

Time for both

“You can sing and save a few seeds,” she told the grasshopper. The grasshopper promised to do it the next day, but there was always a new song to practise first.

AntYou can sing and save a few seeds.
GrasshopperI'll do it tomorrow, I promise!
Card 4 of 8

The meadow changes colour

The leaves turned golden and the flowers closed their petals. The ant made one last trip to the pantry; the grasshopper noticed that her ear of wheat no longer kept the wind away.

GrasshopperBrrr! My ear of wheat doesn't keep the wind off anymore.
AntLast trip to the pantry!
Card 5 of 8

The first frost

One morning the meadow woke up white and there were hardly any seeds left. The grasshopper was cold and hungry, so she remembered the little door she had seen by the roots.

GrasshopperSo cold! And I have nothing to eat…
Card 6 of 8

A shared shelter

The grasshopper knocked and explained what had happened. The ant invited her in, offered her some hot soup and said: “This winter we'll find a way, together.”

GrasshopperAnt, will you help me? I'm cold and hungry.
AntCome in! We'll find a way together.
Card 7 of 8

Each one does her part

The grasshopper tidied the pantry and mended the little sacks while the ant cooked dinner. In the evenings she sang a soft song, and the house felt even cosier.

GrasshopperI'll tidy the pantry!
AntAnd I'll make dinner!
Card 8 of 8

A different spring

When the flowers came back, the two of them went out to the meadow. The grasshopper saved her first seeds and then sang: she had learned to look after tomorrow without losing today's joy.

AntDid you save your first seeds?
GrasshopperYes! And now… let's sing!

Play this fable in Fable Match

In the game, each card of “The Ant and the Grasshopper” is won with the stars from the levels and put together like a puzzle. With all of them, Fabi tells you the story in a book and its characters speak with their own voices.

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