The first edition

THE ANT AND GRASSHOPPER

Characters: Story-teller
 Ant
Grasshopper
3 trees in summer (3 boys)
Fairy Summer
5 flowers (5 girls)
Fairy Winter
3 trees in winter (3 boys)
The Blizzard

SCENE I
(The curtains open. In the corner of the stage there’s Ant’s house. A nice melody
accompanied of trills of birds plays. The flowers and the summer trees get on the stage
dancing. Fairy summer, carrying a basket with paper flowers, goes around and throws
them everywhere. The story-teller appears on the stage. The music stops.)

Story-teller: It’s summer now. The trees are green. There a beautiful flowers
everywhere. The day is hot and sunny. An Ant is working hard near its little house.

Ant: (Carrying some heavy sacks) Oh, how hot it is! I am very tired, but I must work.
Winter will come soon.

Story-teller: And who is coming? It’s a Grasshopper.

Grasshopper: (comes playing the violin and dancing) How do you do, Ant? What are
you doing?

Ant: How do you do, Grasshopper? I am working.

Grasshopper: Why are you working? The day is hot and sunny. Stop working. Let’s lie
in the sun.

Ant: No, no! Winter will come soon. Where shall I get food then?

Grasshopper: Winter will not come soon. It’s summer now. It’s so nice in the fields.
Let’s go to the river.

Ant: No, I can’t. I am very busy. I have to work. And what do all the time?

Grasshopper: I sing and dance all the time. Let’s sing and dance together.

Ant: No, no! I have no time to sing and dance. The winter is long and cold. I must be
ready for it.

Grasshopper: I don’t like winter. I like summer. Look how I can dance. (Dancing) I
don’t like to work in summer.

Ant: But you must! What will you eat in winter?

Grasshopper: I don’t want to think of winter. Goodbye, Ant! I will sing and dance.
(Goes away playing the violin and dancing)

Ant: Goodbye, Grasshopper. You don’t want to work now. You will have nothing to eat
in winter.

SCENE II
(The curtains open. In the corner of the stage there’s Ant’s house. A melody of winter
sounds plays. The winter trees get on the stage dancing. The Blizzard blows, running
around the stage. Fairy Winter, carrying a basket with snowflakes, goes around and
throws them everywhere. The story-teller appears on the stage. The sound stops.)

Story-teller: It is winter now. It is cold and frosty. The trees, the ground and the houses
are white of snow. The sun doesn’t shine. The Grasshopper is cold and hungry. He has
nothing to eat.

Grasshopper: Oh, how cold is it. I am cold and hungry. What can I do? Oh, here is
Ant’s house. (He knocks at the door)

Ant: (Comes out) Who is there?

Grasshopper: It’s your friend, the Grasshopper.

Ant: What do you want?

Grasshopper: Let me in, please. I am cold and hungry. Give me something to eat.

Ant: You danced and sang all summer, Grasshopper. Now dance and sing all winter!
Goodbye!
(She closes the door)

(The Grasshopper drops his head and goes away shivering and crying butterfly)

Story-teller: You see, children, what happens, when you do not want to work in time?

Ant: (out of the window) All right! Come in! That will be a lesson for you. Will you
work in summer?

Grasshopper: Oh, I am ready to work even in winter! Thank you, my dear friend! (They
hug each other)