100 Moral Stories 34
One cold, frosty day in the middle of winter a colony
of ants was busy drying out some, grains of corn, which
had grown damp during the wet autumn weather.
A grasshopper half dead with cold and hunger, came
up to one of the ants. “Please give me a grail or two
from your store of corn to save my life,” he said faintly.
“We worked day and night to get this corn in.
Why should I give it to you?” asked the ant crossly.
“Whatever were you doing all last summer when you
should have been gathering your food?”
Oh I didn’t have time for things like that, said the
grasshopper. “I was far too busy singing to carry corn about.”
The ant laughed I unkindly. “In that case you can sing all winter as far as I am concerned,” he said.
And without another word he turned back to his work.
Islam teaches us that we should help the less fortunate. But it also teaches us that we
must work hard and not rely on the kindness of others for our daily needs.
THE FOX WHO GOT CAUGHT IN THE TREE TRUNK
Once upon a time, there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to ear. He was very
hungry. No matter how hard he tried, the fox could not find food. Finally he went to the edge of the
forest and searched there for food. Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it.
Inside the hole was a package. The hungry fox immediately thought that there might be food in it,
and he became very happy. He jumped into the hole and when he
opened the package, he saw there were a lot of food, bread, meat
and fruit in it!
An old woodcutter had placed the food in the tree trunk while he
cut down trees in the forest. He was going to eat it for his lunch.
The fox happily began to eat. After the fox had finished eating, he
felt thirsty and decided to leave the trunk and drink some water
from a nearby spring. However, no matter how hard he tried, he
could not get out of the hole. Do you know why? Yes, the fox had
eaten so much food that he became too big to fit through the hole.
The fox was very sad and upset. He told himself, “I wish that I had
thought a little before jumping into the hole.”
Yes children, this is the result of doing something
without thinking about it first.
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
