"Grasshopper and Owl": Aesop's Fable
Screech, screech, SCREECH.
A grasshopper sang all day long.
"Would you please be quiet?" Owl asked.
Screech, screech, SCREECH.
Noisy grasshopper kept singing.
"What a bother!" said Owl to himself. "Be quiet down there! Please!"
he said. "I need my rest!"
But the rude insect just wouldn't stop.
Screech, screech, SCREECH.
Then Owl got a gleam in his eye. "Grasshopper," he said sweetly, "since
I can't sleep, let's have some fun. Why don't you come up here and I will make
a snack."
Foolish Grasshopper thought that was a fine idea. Up, up Owl's tree he hopped.
As soon as he got close, Owl grabbed him.
"Delicious!' said Owl to himself. Then he fell asleep at last.
What's the moral of this story?
Try your best to get along with your neighbors.
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