French · Beginner
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Un jour d'été, une cigale sautait et chantait joyeusement dans un champ. Une fourmi est passée. Elle transportait avec difficulté un épi de céréale vers la maison des fourmis.
One summer day, a cicada was hopping and singing happily in a field. An ant passed by. She was struggling to carry an ear of grain toward the ants’ home.
« Viens donc parler avec moi, a proposé la cigale. Pourquoi travailler si dur ? »
“Come and chat with me,” the cicada suggested. “Why work so hard?”
« J'aide à mettre de la nourriture de côté pour l'hiver. Tu devrais en mettre de côté toi aussi. »
“I’m helping put food aside for the winter. You should put some aside too.”
La cigale ne voyait pas de raison de s'inquiéter : pour le moment, la nourriture était abondante. La fourmi a pourtant continué son chemin et son travail.
The cicada saw no reason to worry: food was plentiful for the moment. Even so, the ant continued on her way and kept working.
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