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One day on a sweltering July day, a column of ants 

were marching through a corn field collecting fallen 

kernels to store enough food to survive through the 

coming winter. Between the forest and the corn 

field, there was a sunflower field where 

grasshoppers hung out in playing in bands, 

laughing, and drinking. The grasshoppers were 

having a great time compared to the ants, who 

were hauling dozens of kernels across the field. One 

of the ants, Billy, was carrying too many kernels for 

his age, and collapsed afterward with a fractured 

leg.

Upon Billy's cries of agony, the grasshoppers stopped playing abruptly and looked to help 

the injured ant. However, the grasshoppers began laughing hysterically and were on the 

border of shedding tears, especially the conductor, Howard. The lead ant, John, furiously 

approached the grasshoppers after assigning two ants to help Billy and two ants to carry 

the remaining kernels. 

John angrily exclaimed at the grasshoppers, “Why couldn't you help you slack jawed mouth 

breathers!? I'm here trying to guide my people with their winter reserves on their baking 

backs back to our mound, and you guys don't even bother to help my fallen comrade? 

Seriously, why can't you at least try to help here. Thinking about it now, why aren't you 

guys preparing winter reserves right now? There's food a plenty all around this field.”

Howard was barely wiping off his tears when John 

stopped ranting about Billy and winter reserves, 

when he began laughing again. And shortly 

thereafter, the rest of the grasshoppers began 

laughing again, uncontrollably.

John was very frustrated with the grasshoppers, so 

he just gave up on arguing with them and went 

back to the unending column of ants.

Upon arriving at the ant mound, John ordered the ants to place a 

large part of the kernels next to the queen's throne and the 

nursery, and the remaining kernels were placed in the commons 

room.

5 months later, in the middle of December, winter struck harshly across 

the countryside. The ant colony was doing incredibly well, considering the 

fact that they abundantly stored corn kernels that fed the entire colony 

from the beginning of winter.

John was having a winter solstice party when someone knocked on the 

front door of the mound. He carefully opened it as no one was supposed 

to be out in the harsh winter storm. Between the snowflakes, he could see 

the silhouette of Howard and his fellow grasshoppers who sneered 

between bursts of shivering and veils of ice, “Hey Johnny, it's cold out 

here, would you mind letting a hearty grasshopper into the party? You 

know I'm starving, but I can play a mean concert with my other buddies!” 

John, frustrated with the grasshoppers for not saving food for winter and 

now asking for food, but not wanting to see a fellow insect die of cold and 

hunger, decided to welcome the grasshoppers into the ant mound. 

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