Danatan

THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.
在夏天，蚂蚁会准备好足够的食物过冬。
A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
一只蚱蜢饿坏了，刚好路过并诚挚在乞求一点点的食物。
The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?
一只蚂蚁问它，“为什么你在夏天的时候不准备食物？”
' He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing."
它回答道，“我没有空闲的时间。在过去的日子里，我一直在歌唱。”
They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."
然后，它们嘲笑着说：“如果你可以在一整个夏天唱歌，你必须在一整个冬天跳舞。”