Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1911 — Grasshopper and the Ant. [ARTICLE]

Grasshopper and the Ant.

When the cold weather began the grasshopper called at the home of the ant. “Go right away from here," said the ant. “You needn’t come around begging us for food. All summer while we were laying up our supplies you were dancing as if you hadn’t a care in the world.” "My dear Mrs. Ant," said the grasshopper, making a profound bow, "you mistake the purpose of my call. Knowing that your family has amassed a comfortable fortune, I realised that it is time you should take your rightful place* in society. Ah a master of the terpslchorean art, 1 am prepared to give you instructions in that graceful accomplishment in exchange for board and lodging. How can you expect to mingle with oar best people If you and your daughters are unfamiliar with the newest steps?” And he sent for his trunk that afternoon.