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The Cricket and the Ant
All summer the cricket has danced and sung. Many times he saw an ant carrying a grain of wheat on her back. The cricket invited her to sing and dance with him. The ant answered him that she must collect food for winter.
Winter come. The cricket didn't find food while the ant had enough grains to leave a peaceful life.
Precaution is mother of wisdom. You mustn't think only to the present, but you must think to the future too.
You must make sledge in summer and wagon in winter!
Livia Talasman