1 . Once upon a time, there lived an ant and a grasshopper(蟋蟀)in a grass field by a river. The ant would work hard all day long from dawn to dusk _________ the grain. On the other hand, the grasshopper would spend all his time singing and dancing. He would _________ call the ant to join him in singing, dancing and making merry at the present time. However, the ant would _________ him and continue with her work.

Soon summer _________ to autumn and autumn to winter. It became freezing cold outside due to snowfall and the sun was barely seen and the nights were _________ and dark. Out of cold, the grasshopper lost his _________ in singing and making merry. He was cold and hungry and had no _________ to take shelter from the snow outside. He wondered how to save himself from this _________ situation.        

Suddenly he remembered about the ant and decided to _________ her for some food and shelter. Off he went to her place and knocked at her door for __________. When she opened the door, the grasshopper offered to sing for her __________ for some food and shelter.

To this, the ant replied that she had worked hard in summer to save enough __________ for winter and the grasshopper had laughed at her then. She gently asked him to sing somewhere else and __________ his food and shelter. It is then, the grasshopper realised that he should have __________ enough for the winter instead of wasting his time being __________ during summer in singing and dancing around.