The Grasshopper and the Ants 1934

Synopsis:

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, come 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 take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Directed by: Wilfred Jackson
Written by: Pinto Colvig & Joe Grant & Aesop & William Cottrell
Runtime: 8 minutes
Tagline: A grasshopper learns a lesson about hard work.
Cast:
Pinto Colvig
Pinto Colvig
Grasshopper (voice) 
Dorothy Compton
Dorothy Compton
Ant Queen (voice) 
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Also known as:
  • Den dovne græshoppe
  • Die Heuschrecke und die Ameisen
  • El saltamontes y las hormigas
  • Gräshoppan och myrorna
  • Heinäsirkka ja muurahaiset
  • La cavalletta e le formiche
  • La cigale et la fourmi
  • O Gafanhoto e as Formigas
  • Walt Disney's Silly Symphony: The Grasshopper and the Ants