Question

The Ants and the Grasshopper

One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently up came a Grasshopper and begged them to spare her a few grains. The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. They asked what the grasshopper was doing with himself all last summer. The Grasshopper replied, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the Ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled and went on with their work.



Recall the second step in the process to determine theme. In two to three sentences, explain why these events happened in the fable.

Answer 1

Hello there! The Ants were working because their food had gotten wet by environmental factors. The Grasshopper wanted their food because it had spent its time not wisely  during the summer. The Ants did not accept its request after they found out what the Grasshopper was doing to occupy it's time.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The theme is that you have to work hard if you want to get something.
This is because the grasshopper wanted the ants to share some of their grain.He didn't have any grain because he didn't work for it in the summer time