Grasshopper has come to the Ant's door to extoll the virtues of play now worry later. He mocks the Ants for their rigid culture and suggests they are really little more than thieves.. He argues that the Ant's success is not theirs alone, but all the inhabitants of the meadow together. Will any of the young Ants heed Grasshopper's call? What are the Grasshoppers real motives? A whimsical humorous and yet brutally honest retelling of a classic fable. At once familiar, it's characters and themes however also reflect and address the issues facing our next generation. Grasshopper & the Ants is a definite must read for our times!