Select the correct answer. what is the theme in this version of aesop's fable "the ants and the grasshopper"? one day in the late autumn, when the sun was still shining but the air was cold, a family of ants scurried around drying and bundling the grain they had stored during the warm sunny months. a young grasshopper with a fiddle under his wing came up to the family and complained of being hungry. he asked if he could share their grain. "but where is your grain?" the ants asked him in surprise. "didn't you store any away over the summer?" the grasshopper took out his fiddle and played a few notes. "i did nothing all summer but play music! when the sun is shining and the days are warm, all i want to do is play music. who thinks of winter?" the ants turned their backs on the grasshopper. "if all you do is play music, let your dancing feed you through the winter!" and they went back to work storing their grain, giving none to the grasshopper. a. greed never pays. b. justice always prevails. c. it's important to plan ahead. d. kindness never goes unrewarded.
