The Ant and The Grasshopper

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  1. Tamildownunder

    Tamildownunder Bronze IL'ite

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    The Ant and The Grasshopper

    OLD VERSION...
    The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

    MODERN VERSION
    The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

    Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

    NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

    The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

    Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other grasshoppers demanding that grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

    Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper.

    The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .

    Opposition MP's stage a walkout.Left parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among ants and grasshoppers.

    Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian
    Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.

    Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning of the winter.

    Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for Grass Hopper in educational Insititutions & in Govt Services.

    The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.

    Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice".

    Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'.

    CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence of the
    downtrodden'

    Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.

    Many years later...The ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi billion dollar company in silicon valley.100s of grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ...
    As a result loosing lot of hard working ants and feeding the grasshoppers India is still a developing country..... .
     
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  2. Manjureddy

    Manjureddy Gold IL'ite

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    As a funny tale for evening entertainment : :biggrin2:

    As a reflection of the shameful state of things here: :cry:

    On the whole ::2thumbsup:

    Manjula
     
  3. sathya

    sathya Gold IL'ite

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    u can find quite a few moral to this write up
    u have to save while u can but keep it out of sight of others
    dont show off your way of living lest others feel jealous inspite of being lazy

    and yet

    the grass hopper rath
    and medha patkar on fast...
    are really great

    dont be so harsh on ants yaar
    indians sure are all over the world
    the world is a better place with indians
    they are chweet thats why haha

    sathya
     

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