Lafontaine Cigale Fourmi

tale:lafontaine_cigale_fourmi

(La Cigale et la Fourmi) The cicada, having sung all summer, finds itself starving when the cold wind comes and begs a loan of grain from the ant. The ant, who toiled while the cicada sang, asks what it did all summer and tells it to go and dance now. Moral: provide in plenty for the season of want. — Jean de La Fontaine