The Ant and the Grasshopper
Aesop

1 “The Ant and the Grasshopper” is one of the oldest and most popular fables in the world. It was first recorded in ancient Greece about 2,500 years ago.

2In a sunny field Grasshopper played his violin happily while Ant gathered kernels of wheat. "It is a beautiful day," Grasshopper said. "Why are you working when you could be having fun like me?"

3"Today the sun shines, but soon winter will come," Ant replied. "I must stock my home now with enough food to last through the long snowy season. I must prepare today for what may come tomorrow." Grasshopper only laughed at Ant's concerns and played his violin louder. Ant ignored Grasshopper and continued to carry kernels of wheat to the top of her anthill and into her home below.

4And that is how Grasshopper and Ant spent the summer. Grasshopper sang and danced and played his violin while Ant worked hard to get ready for winter. Just as Ant had warned, winter arrived with cold and snowy weather. Ant was safe and warm in her anthill, surrounded by edibles1. She was feeling content with the results of her hard work.

5Outside the anthill, Grasshopper was not faring so well. He struggled to find food in the frozen earth, and he shivered in the cold wind. He was too tired and famished2 to play his violin. Grasshopper knew that he needed to eat and get warm. He remembered all the wheat that Ant had gathered during the summer.

6Starving and nearly frozen, Grasshopper made his way through the snow to Ant's house and knocked on her door. "What do you want?" Ant asked crossly when she saw Grasshopper.

7"I'm hungry and cold," Grasshopper replied. "Can you please give me something to eat and let me get warm by your fire?"

8Ant scowled and said, "You laughed at me and played your violin while I worked hard all summer. You should have listened to me when I said winter was coming. You should have thought ahead and prepared for the future." Ant sent Grasshopper back into the cold and returned to her seat by the fire.
1 edibles: food
2 famished: hungry

What is the significance of the setting in this story?
A) The changing weather shows one character's musical ability.
B) The changing weather shows one character's stubbornness.
C) The changing weather highlights how both characters make wise choices.
D) The changing weather highlights the wisdom of one character's choices and the foolishness of another character's choices.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

How do the authors develop their claim about the effectiveness of restorative justice through examples involving apartheid and the rwandan genocide? cite evidence from the text in your response.

Why would the author show scout behaving like a lady lady during aunt alexandra's circle, even though she hates doing so? select all that apply. (to kill a mockingbird) to show her acceptance of that role in life to demonstrate empathy for aunt alexandra to reflect on scout's emotional confusion to show scout's growth and maturity