The Ant and the Grasshopper--Forgiveness, and mercy (Learn English through stories)

This is the next part of The famous story 'The and the Grasshopper'

In that story, the ant is hard working. She works through the summer collecting food for the winter months, while the grasshopper is playful and lazy who spends his summer days playing the fiddle and dancing in the fields without caring about collecting food for the winter, Many times the ant warns his to collect food for the coming winter season, but  the grasshopper never follow her advice.

When winter comes, there is no food as all the seeds are buried under the snow and there are no plants of insects for the grasshopper to eat and he finds it very difficult to survive.

The grasshopper goes to the ant's house and begs for food. But the ant laughs and shuts the door on him, as the grasshopper used to make fun of the ant.

He used to call her boring as she was always working and collecting food during the summer. He is left standing in the snow without food.

All of us know only this much about the grasshopper.

But this not the end of the story.

Now begin the second part of this story from here

That evening, the poor grasshopper went back to his leaf houses and cried to himself.

"I've no food to eat, it is my fault, I had enough time to collect food and my friend, ant, guided me, but I was too proud to listen to her. I don't know how I'll survive this season!" said the grasshopper.

When the grasshopper opened his eyes, he saw the butterfly flying around there.

the grasshopper asked the butterfly, "How can you be so cheerful during such a cold winter? Where do you find food these days?"

The butterfly replied, "I'm staying in a greenhouse garden made by a man in the city. Whey don't you come with me there, my friend?"

"Will there be snow in the garden?" asked the grasshopper.

"No, there are a lot of indoor plants, even flowering plants and they have covered the roof with a huge green canopy to keep the warmth inside. If you go there you can survive this winter season." said the butterfly

"Oh, thank you very much, dear friend," said the excited grasshopper and went with the butterfly.

The grasshopper spent that whole winter near the tree on the rooftop garden. When the summer season came, the grasshopper went back to his old leaf house in the forest.

This summer, the grasshopper was not the same as last year. In the very beginning, he collected and stored food and barley grains inside his leaf house on the tree. In the leisure time, he sang many songs and played his fiddle.

This year, the grasshopper's songs were meaningful, about the need of collecting food for the winter season. But his friends laughed at him.

When the summer ended, there were heavy rains and the whole forest got flooded.

all anthills went under water and the grasshopper's friend, and somehow clung on to a leaf and floated on the water to find shelter.

Somehow, the ant reached the tree on which the grasshopper lived. Seeing his old friend, the grasshopper rushed to pull the ant out of the water.

The grasshopper took her home and welcomed her in. He gave her fine barley seeds to eat.

The ant's eyes were filled with tears and she said, "Sorry, my dear friend, for my rude behavior last year,"

Grasshopper replied, "No dear friend if you hadn't been harsh to me I would have still been a lazy fellow. You taught me the importance of hard work.

The ant raised her head and said, "But my friend, you have taught me a bigger lesson -- the lesson of forgiveness and mercy. thank you."

after that, the ant and the grasshopper become friends forever.