The ants and the Grasshoper

Find Specific Information

1.What bush creatures are included in this story? The bush creatures included in the story were Ants, a Grasshopper, a Wasp, a Wētā and Huhu grubs.

2. What did the grasshopper do during the first summer of the story? The grasshopper sat back and relaxed in the sun and made music during the summer.

3. What services did the grasshopper provide the ants over winter? The grasshopper was the ants Waiter, Builder and night protector.

4. How did the huhu grubs pay the grasshopper? The huhu grubs paid the grasshopper in food.

Make Inferences

Why has the author chosen to make the ants speak in short sentences and give brief replies? So the ants don't talk for hours and so their instructions are clear and they're busy working.

Show Your Understanding

1. The grasshopper needed food for the next winter.

2. The ants sighed at the grasshopper because it seemed like he was going back to his old ways.

3. The grasshopper asked the huhu grubs to give food to the ants so he could pay them back for saving his life.

4. It was a short story with animals with human like abilities and there was a moral to the story.

Describe a character

Huhu grub.

The Huhu grub were lazy and just ate and sunbathed in the sun. But in winter they were cold and had no food.

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Here is our reading work we did this week on the fable of the Ants and the Grasshopper.