The ant and the crasshoper - Aprende Inglés Escuchando

Here are some short stories in English, with vocabulary explanations. These stories offer us a great opportunity to ask questions, conduct discussions and use the language. It is also a great way to develop a wide variety of skills, such as creativity, imagination, reasoning ability and understanding of emotions and bonds.

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The ants were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.

Las hormigas pasaban un buen día de invierno secando el grano recogido en verano.

A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.

Un saltamontes, pereciendo de hambre, pasó y rogó fervientemente por un poco de comida.

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.

Las hormigas le preguntaron: “¿Por qué no atesoraste la comida durante el verano?” Él respondió: “No tuve suficiente tiempo libre. Pasé los días cantando

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

Luego dijeron burlonamente:” Si eras tan tonto como para cantar todo el verano, debes bailar sin cenar en la cama en invierno “.

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.”