Aesop's Funny Fables - Eric Braun - Black Rabbit Books
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Aesop’s Funny Fables
n t s a n d
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h e Grasshopp
th er
T
E TO LD
Eric Braun
Hi Jinx is published by Black Rabbit Books
P.O. Box 3263, Mankato, Minnesota, 56002.
www.blackrabbitbooks.com
Copyright © 2021 Black Rabbit Books
Jen Besel, editor; Michael Sellner, interior designer;
Catherine Cates, cover designer; Omay Ayres,
CO NT EN T S
photo researcher
All rights reserved. No part of this book may
be reproduced in any form without written
permission from the publisher.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available at the Library of Congress.
Names: Braun, Eric, 1971- author. | Aesop.
Title: The ants and the grasshopper retold / by Eric Braun.
Description: Mankato, Minnesota : Black Rabbit Books, [2021] |
Series: Hi jinx. Aesop’s funny fables | Includes bibliographical references. |
Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: Two retellings
(one modern, one traditional) of the classic fable in which hardworking
ants prepare for the winter while a lazy grasshopper plays all year
long. Includes discussion questions and examines the moral of the fable.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019057647 (print) | LCCN 2019057648 (ebook) | CHAPTER 1
ISBN 9781623103026 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781644663981 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781623103972 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Fables. | Folklore. Story Time!. . . . . . . . . . .5
Classification: LCC PZ8.2.B66 An 2021 (print) |
LCC PZ8.2.B66 (ebook) | CHAPTER 2
DDC 398.2—dc23
LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057647 Aesop’s Fable. . . . . . . .18
LC ebook record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057648 CHAPTER 3
Printed in the United States. 1/20
Get in on the Hi Jinx. .22
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A family of ants worked in the
sunshine. They had collected grain
all summer. Now they were packing
it up and storing it. Winter was
coming soon.
I’m
be o totally
n th
e se going to
this afoo
w d
Whe i n ter. diet
nIs
I’ll e ee food
at it ,
!
4 5
He
Don y, dude
Sha ’t be r s!
While the ants worked, a re y u
our des.
food
grasshopper bounced over. He spit s.
on the ground, like grasshoppers do.
But the ants ignored him.
He patted his belly to show how
empty it was. But the ants didn’t pay
him any attention.
So the grasshopper pulled out his
guitar. He sang a little song. (And just
so you know, he wasn’t very good.)
6 7
How many
grasshoppers does
it take to screw in
a lightbulb?
The ants could NOT believe what he
was asking.
“Haven’t you stored food away for
the winter?” asked one ant.
The grasshopper laughed. “I don’t
do those kind of antics.”
No one knows.
They’ve never done it.
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