Disney's 1934 Animated Version
Unlike Disney's version of the story, the grasshopper died in the original fable. Perhaps Disney considered the children who would see this video and decided to change the ending. In Disney's version of the fable, the ants share their food with the grasshopper and so the cartoon version has a happy ending.
The way Aesop told it, the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger in winter, while it saw the ants distributing corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. They did not share their food.
Then the Grasshopper knew… It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
“Dying” is a hard way to learn a lesson in self-reliance.
In either case, the lesson is clear. Throughout the ages, wise men have always stored food. Why? . . .
. . . Because “Winter” Always Comes!
