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Show iTiiiifAxx a$b oialnoEji,: . ,. 3r i iuntc...; As nn Ant was outonq hoi day j'u. stfm-. inter, searching for food for herself- and, fitfulty, Bha met a Qrasshoppcr. who vms ieUurely sfppiug the juice: from a- ripe fallen-peat chj and, gottg Jip with a polite .bow, asked' t loin itt the repeat, . Thq Grasshopper slowly Vatfcfd h'w head, uhd,. sti.rvfeyitig her- for some thins ivith Jlaoii of trended dignity thustpok--; ' "I do tfOtiL!i tq disgrace nttnll' by( 'eating or it'soclating Vtlh. wcnViis like5? you, who bnve to labor censtatftly for H fprotwed foi. tnu that I need Jln& thought for tho morrow,' or, like yon, to; 'b always hoardltig np treasures for some .far-distant day! ' I "Weil," fcpUed lite Ant, '1 can tasily itr.oure a drHhcrVomqwhere else; but, rc-Lmember, rc-Lmember, that those' who.havc wore pride 'and selftslracsi than Wisdom -tind brtlevo-tjence. brtlevo-tjence. Will cotnc trwatit 'soorier' or later." I So saying, she marciied. away with o Jrmtckviicd step, and IcTt th'a Grasshopper f tq his own enjoyment nnd reflections, j. Oa'e cold niortrttig lit nutumti; Hie Ant in her rambles fonud thq proud 0 rass-Uiqper. rass-Uiqper. clinging, "with a. stiffened gray, to 'a dry weed .lhaV was being bfowtt ftbtnit hy the; cold wind, uearly slarveil nnd t fcozn to death. Seeing him iu this pltia-. ilile condition, she tried to assist him, uud tcuttlng away a few leaves, which let the ;an shine upon htm, he began to retire, innd, faintly and meekly, sank i "Alael I see now thutiti rayproiptrily I looked ttjtnn you as. greatly my Inferior,, and my pride prevented me from acknowledging acknow-ledging your good qualities, which in tny I vanity, I even despised. The ntuter is Jnigh, for which 1 have made no provision, i cud I must soon die; while your industry fand foresight have snppltcd you with an 'abundant store of food and comfort. Tho moral is plaiuly told. |