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  This story is based on the concept

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of working hard in the present for a Name
prosperous future and it features a
hardworking ant and a lazy Bait
grasshopper. Through this tale, Nickname
children will understand the need,
importance and benefits of hard work. San Jose St., Zone 2
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 The Ant and the
Are you an ant or a grasshopper? In
other words, do you tend to finish all your Grasshopper
work, and then relax, or do you relax first
But the Ant went on its way and continued
and procrastinate about work?
its toil.
Most of us, in fact, are somewhere in
between. However, different types of
One When winter came, the Grasshopper found
personalities behave differently, when
presented with a situation where there is an itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
option of working and saving for future, and
distributing, every day, corn and grain from
leading a carefree life. Most artists and
creative people are usually categorized as the stores they had collected in summer.
the latter type.
Then the Grasshopper knew...
Research shows that people who are
basically explorers and entertainers, do not
care much about finishing their work before
enjoying themselves. They like to live one
day at a time, and impulsively follow where
their heart leads. They believe in living in
summer’s day, in a field, a Grasshopper was
the moment.
People who hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's
are diplomats, analysts, logicians and medi
content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great
ators, tend to strike a balance between
work and play, with a slight inclination effort an ear of corn he was taking to his nest.
towards work than play.
People who are sentinels are definitely "Why don’t you come and chat with me,"
the ‘ant’ type, working very hard now, so
that they can enjoy the fruits of their work asked the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling your life
later. They are very strict about themselves away?"
and their work, and do not have a carefree
attitude to anything in life. They are likely to
be successful in the long run, but may "I am helping to store up food for the winter,"
seem to have a ‘dull’ life. said the Ant, "and I recommend you to do the
same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the

Grasshopper. "We have got plenty of food at
present."