The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Fly and the Ant

Morris, G. P.. "The Fly and the Ant." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-10-20).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A fly tells a working ant to stop laboring and play with him. The ant refuses, telling a story about the fly's mother who died because she played too much during the summer and didn't prepare for winter.