The ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.
冬季，蚂蚁正忙着把潮湿的谷子晒干。
A Grasshopper, perishing with? famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
饥饿的蚱蜢跑来，向他们乞讨食物。
The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?"
蚂蚁问他：“你为什么在夏天不去收集食物呢？
He replied, "I had not? leisure enough. I passed the days in singing."
蚱蜢回答说：“那时没有时间，我忙于唱美妙动听的歌。
They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
蚂蚁嘲笑说：“你夏季如要唱歌，那么冬季就去跳舞吧。