STORYTELLING

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

In a field one summer's day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content.  A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn.

"Where are you going with those heavy things?" asked the grasshopper.

Without stopping, the first ant replied, "To our ant hill.  This is the third kernel I've delivered today."

"Why not come and sing with me," teased the grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?" 

"We are helping to store food for the winter," said the ant, "and think you should do the same." 

"Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play," sang the grasshopper.

But the ants went on their way and continued their hard work.

The weather soon turned cold.  All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through.  Soon the grasshopper found itself dying of hunger.

He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer.  He begged them for something to eat.

"What!" cried the ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter?  What in the world were you doing all last summer?"

"I didn't have time to store any food," complained the grasshopper; "I was so busy playing music that before I knew it the summer was gone."

The ants shook their heads in disgust, turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with their work.

Don't forget -- there is a time for work and a time for play!

QUESTION

1. What the moral value from the text?

2. What is synonym"strunggled" from the sentence "A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn" ?

3.He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer. The word "he" refers...

4. Please make direct sentences

-The weather soon turned cold

-He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer.

-He begged them for something to eat.

-The ants shook their heads in disgust, turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with their work.
-A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn.

5. Please make indirect sentence 

-"Where are you going with those heavy things?" asked the grasshopper.

-Without stopping, the first ant replied, "To our ant hill.  This is the third kernel I've delivered today."

-"Why not come and sing with me," teased the grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?" 

-"We are helping to store food for the winter," said the ant, "and think you should do the same." 

-"Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play," sang the grasshopper.

Holiday

HOLIDAY

Last holiday, my family and I went to Jogjakarta to meet other family members. I went by train. The journey I took was about 9 hours. After arriving at around 2 pm my family and I waited until 7 in the morning at the train station because the hotel we booked wasn't open yet. Short story, me and my family went to several places, one of them is Prambanan Temple.

On the trip, it started to look like it was going to rain. But we still walked towards Prambanan. After getting there, the weather was cloudy. But we all went up to the area near the temple. It suddenly rains. As a result we all ran and scattered. My sister and aunt ran towards the tree. However, because of our tradition, we do not allow shelter under a tree when it rains, we run to the exit door. 

After meeting with my family, we arrived at shelter. But my younger brother threw my shoes in the puddle. After getting to the car I was surprised, there was little fish that entered in my shoes. I think its a nice holiday.