The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934 NR 8m 7.1

When a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in the coming winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They took him in and warmed him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them.

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Info about The Grasshopper and the Ants

Studio(s): Walt Disney Productions

Originally Released: Feb 10, 1934

Production Country: United States

Budget: $22,120.00

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical, Short