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In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content.  An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.  "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

  "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present."  But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.  When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. 

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THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.  A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.  The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?'  He replied, "I had not leisure enough.  I passed the days in singing." 

 They then said in derision:  "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."

"It is best to prepare for the days of necessity."

 " ผู้ที่ปล่อยวันเวลาให้ผ่านเลยไปอย่างไร้ค่า ชีวิตย่อมพบเพียงความว่างเปล่า"

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