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The Fly and the Ant

Morris, G. P. "The Fly and the Ant." New-York Saturday Press. 20 Oct. 1860: 1.
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.