“The Ant and the Grasshopper” by Aesop, 620-560 BCE

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat. "What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?" "I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone." The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust. "Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

The theme of this story is

a.)Help others when they’re struggling

b.)Work comes before play.

c.)It’s important to store food so that you’re prepared for the winter.

d.)Ants are rude insects.

You must finish your work before you have fun, as, in the case of animals, they must prepare for the days of having little to no food (winter) during the summer by producing, gathering, & storing their food. In the case of the grasshopper, he fails to see this fact, and so pays for his failure to gather food by dying in the winter.

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rickterri rickterri · Answer 2 · 2025-03-26T03:35:46-04:00

Answer: When I took this test on Plato my answer options were:

What theme is expressed in the selection?

A.

Work is more important than rest.

B.

There is a time and place for everything.

C.

It is important to take time to rest.

D.

It is important to always be prepared.

Explanation: I got the answer correct and it was D. It is important to always be prepared.