Romanian · 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
Într-o zi de vară, o lăcustă sărea pe un câmp și cânta. Pe acolo a trecut o furnică. Ducea cu greu un spic de cereale spre mușuroi, casa furnicilor.
One summer day, a grasshopper was hopping across a field and singing. An ant passed by. She was struggling to carry an ear of grain toward the anthill, the ants’ home.
— De ce nu stai puțin de vorbă cu mine? a întrebat lăcusta. De ce muncești atât de mult?
“Why don’t you stop and talk with me for a while?” the grasshopper asked. “Why are you working so hard?”
— Ajut la strângerea hranei pentru iarnă, a răspuns furnica. Ar fi bine să strângi și tu hrană.
“I’m helping gather food for the winter,” the ant replied. “It would be a good idea for you to gather food too.”
Lăcusta nu credea că trebuie să se gândească la iarnă. Acum aveau destulă hrană, așa că nu își făcea griji. Furnica însă și-a continuat drumul și a muncit mai departe.
The grasshopper didn’t think she needed to think about winter. They had enough food now, so she wasn’t worried. But the ant continued on her way and kept working.
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