Food for thought....do you have food?
The Ant and the Grasshopper
An Aesop Fable retold by Rose Owens
One summer day a grasshopper was singing and chirping and hopping about. He was having a wonderful time. He saw an ant who was busy gathering and storing grain for the winter.
“Stop and talk to me,” said the grasshopper. “We can sing some songs and dance a while.”
“Oh no,” said the ant. “Winter is coming. I am storing up food for the winter. I think you should do the same.”
“Oh, I can’t be bothered,” said the grasshopper. “Winter is a long time off. There is plenty of food.” So the grasshopper continued to dance and sing and chip and the ant continued to work.
When winter came the grasshopper had no food and was starving. He went to the ant’s house and asked, “Can I have some wheat or maybe a few kernels of corn. Without it I will starve,” whined the grasshopper.
“You danced last summer,” said the ants in disgust. “You can continue to dance.” And they gave him no food.
There is a time to work and a time to play.
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The Crow and the Pitcher
An Aesop Fable Retold by Rose Owens
It was very dry and the birds could find very little to drink. A thirsty crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. The pitcher was tall and had a narrow neck. No matter how he tried, the crow could not reach the water. He felt as if he would die of thirst.
Then he had an idea. He began to pick up small pebbles and drop them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble, the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
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Last but not least.........
Belling the Cat
An Aesop Fable retold by Rose Owens
There was once a very vicious cat. He caught mouse after mouse and ate them. Something had to be done! So the mice decided to have a meeting. Many plans were suggested and rejected. At last a very young mouse began to talk. “My plan,” he said, “is to put a bell on the cat. If she has a bell around her neck, we will be able to hear her before she gets close enough to catch us.”
It was a wonderful plan and all the mice voted to accept the plan. The mice cheered and were excited that the cat problem would now be solved.
A very old mouse, who had been silent until now, spoke, “It is a wonderful plan,” he said, “a most clever idea and will no doubt be quite successful. But what I want to know is who will put the bell on the cat?”
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.
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These three fables have good messages. To me they all can be looked at for our storage and savings. Get our storage and savings now, spend less on "play". Get a plan and enact it. Be smart about it. It's not impossible. My mom lived on unemployment and she gathered most of her food storage during that time. It can be done. What will happen when the "winter" comes and you are without? Time is now to prepare, gather what you can as quickly as you can.
An Aesop Fable retold by Rose Owens
One summer day a grasshopper was singing and chirping and hopping about. He was having a wonderful time. He saw an ant who was busy gathering and storing grain for the winter.
“Stop and talk to me,” said the grasshopper. “We can sing some songs and dance a while.”
“Oh no,” said the ant. “Winter is coming. I am storing up food for the winter. I think you should do the same.”
“Oh, I can’t be bothered,” said the grasshopper. “Winter is a long time off. There is plenty of food.” So the grasshopper continued to dance and sing and chip and the ant continued to work.
When winter came the grasshopper had no food and was starving. He went to the ant’s house and asked, “Can I have some wheat or maybe a few kernels of corn. Without it I will starve,” whined the grasshopper.
“You danced last summer,” said the ants in disgust. “You can continue to dance.” And they gave him no food.
There is a time to work and a time to play.
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The Crow and the Pitcher
An Aesop Fable Retold by Rose Owens
It was very dry and the birds could find very little to drink. A thirsty crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. The pitcher was tall and had a narrow neck. No matter how he tried, the crow could not reach the water. He felt as if he would die of thirst.
Then he had an idea. He began to pick up small pebbles and drop them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble, the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
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Last but not least.........
Belling the Cat
An Aesop Fable retold by Rose Owens
There was once a very vicious cat. He caught mouse after mouse and ate them. Something had to be done! So the mice decided to have a meeting. Many plans were suggested and rejected. At last a very young mouse began to talk. “My plan,” he said, “is to put a bell on the cat. If she has a bell around her neck, we will be able to hear her before she gets close enough to catch us.”
It was a wonderful plan and all the mice voted to accept the plan. The mice cheered and were excited that the cat problem would now be solved.
A very old mouse, who had been silent until now, spoke, “It is a wonderful plan,” he said, “a most clever idea and will no doubt be quite successful. But what I want to know is who will put the bell on the cat?”
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.
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These three fables have good messages. To me they all can be looked at for our storage and savings. Get our storage and savings now, spend less on "play". Get a plan and enact it. Be smart about it. It's not impossible. My mom lived on unemployment and she gathered most of her food storage during that time. It can be done. What will happen when the "winter" comes and you are without? Time is now to prepare, gather what you can as quickly as you can.
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