‘The Ant And The Grasshopper’ By -William Somerset Maugham
'The Ant And The Grasshopper' By -William Somerset Maugham When I was a very small boy I was made to learn (कंठस्थ करा दिया गया) by heart certain (कुछ) of the fables (पशु-पक्षियों की कहानियाँ) of La Fontaine, and the moral (नैतिक सीख) of each was carefully explained (बता दी गयी) to me. Among those (उनमे से ) I learnt was ‘The Ant and The Grasshopper’, which is devise (रची गयी) to bring home (समझाना) to the young (युवावों) the useful lesson that in an imperfect (अपूर्ण) world industry (परिश्रम) is rewarded (पुरस्कृत) and giddiness (आलस्य) punished. In this admirable (प्रसंशनीय) fable (I apologise (क्षमा प्रार्थना करना) for telling something, which everyone is politely (विनम्रता), but inexactly (गलत रूप से), supposed to know) the…