The Ant and the Grasshopper: Aesop

Students from the Greek Community of Melbourne's school unit of Bentleigh are performing the radio-theatrical version of Aesop's Fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", as part of SBS Greek podcast series "Students and Children Perform Roles in Front of a Microphone".

A Greek Australian student performing an Aesop's Fable for SBS Greek Radio. Source: Katerina Poutachidou.

The Ant and the Grasshopper, alternatively titled The Grasshopper and the Ant (or Ants), is one of Aesop's Fables. 

The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused.

The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future.

Greek language students participate in SBS Greek Podcast Series "Kids Performing Theatrical Roles in Front of a Microphone". Source: Creative Drama and Arts/SBS

The Grasshopper begs at the Ant's door. Art by Charles H. Bennet (1857). Source: Wikipedia