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00:00:26,330 → 00:00:34,900One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain.
00:00:35,380 → 00:00:43,440Presently up came a Grasshopper and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving."
00:00:43,640 → 00:00:47,780The Ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles.
00:00:47,970 → 00:00:52,930"May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer?"
00:00:53,330 → 00:00:55,850Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?"
00:00:56,630 → 00:01:02,060"The fact is," replied the Grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time."
00:01:02,530 → 00:01:08,030"If you spent the summer singing," replied the Ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing."
00:01:08,030 → 00:01:11,220And they chuckled and went on with their work.