The Ant and the Grasshopper

On a warm summer day, a grasshopper jumped from stem to stem, nibbling a bit here and there as he practiced his jumps and leaps and spins. He spotted an ant far below on the dusty ground, lugging a kernel of corn.
The grasshopper jumped down and landed close to the ant."Did you see that wonderful leap?" he asked.
"No, I missed it," the ant said. "It's easier to carry if I keep my head down and my back straight."
"But why carry at all?" the grasshopper asked. "It looks like hot, dusty business."
"I must help my sisters put away food for the winter," the ant said as she hurried along.
At that, the grasshopper laughed and laughed.Winter was months and months away. How silly to let the beautiful summer pass without leaping and hopping and playing.
Every day the grasshopper would see the ant carrying corn and seeds and bits of crust dropped by people. It never looked like something the grasshopper would enjoy at all. Instead he danced the days away, nibbling grass whenever he wanted.
One day he was jumping and leaping in the crispy brown leaves when something white and wet fell right on his head.Snow!
"Winter is here," the grasshopper gasped. "I must gather!"He hopped and leaped and spun, but he could find no green grass under the snow.
Finally the grasshopper crawled into a crack in a log,shivering. "The ant was right," he chattered.
"Save in the good times to help in the bad."

grasshopper：蚱蜢，一种跳跃式移动的昆虫。“Grasshopper”这个词的词根主要是“grass”和“hopper”。“hopper”这部分可能源于动词“hop”，意为“跳跃”。因此，“grasshopper”可以理解为“跳跃的草”或“草之跳跃者”，形象地描述了这种昆虫的跳跃行为。
nibbling：小口咬，一点点地咬(食物);(对…)略微表现出兴趣
ant：蚂蚁，一种勤劳的昆虫，通常与团队合作，收集食物。
kernel：谷粒，这里指的是玉米粒。
leap：跳跃，指蚱蜢的跳跃动作。
spin：旋转，蚱蜢在跳跃时可能会做的动作。
lugging：拖着，这里指的是蚂蚁拖着玉米粒。
miss：错过，蚂蚁回答说她错过了蚱蜢的跳跃。
sister：姐妹，这里蚂蚁指的是她的同类。
crust：面包屑，人们丢弃的食物之一。
gasp：喘息，蚱蜢在意识到冬天到来时可能会有的反应。
crack：裂缝，蚱蜢最后爬进木头裂缝里躲避寒冷。