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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 140 = Perry 373

Χειμῶνος ὥρῃ σῖτον ἐκ μυχοῦ σύρων
ἔψυχε μύρμηξ, ὃν θέρους σεσωρεύκει.
τέττιξ δὲ τοῦτον ἱκέτευε λιμώττων
δοῦναί τι καὐτῷ τῆς τροφῆς, ὅπως ζήσῃ.
"τί οὖν ἐποίεις" φησί "τῷ θέρει τούτῳ;"
"οὐκ ἐσχόλαζον, ἀλλὰ διετέλουν ᾄδων."
γελάσας δ' ὁ μύρμηξ τόν τε πυρὸν ἐγκλείων
"χειμῶνος ὀρχοῦ" φησίν "εἰ θέρους ηὔλεις."

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