| 1 | READER 1: | There once was a grasshopper |
| 2 | READER 2: | Who was in a party mood |
| 3 | READER 3: | She sang away the summer days |
| 4 | READERS 1,2,3: | And ate up all her food! |
| 5 | GRASSHOPPER: | Oh, yes I did it, yes I did |
| 6 | I ate up all my food! | |
| 7 | ALL: | Hey grasshopper Gal! |
| 8 | Hate to burst your bubble | |
| 9 | There’s a moral to this tale | |
| 10 | YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! | |
| 11 | NARRATOR: | When winter came she realized |
| 12 | She’d made a big mistake | |
| 13 | She hadn’t saved a thing to eat | |
| 14 | And how her tummy ached | |
| 15 | GRASSHOPPER: | I haven’t saved a thing to eat |
| 16 | And now my tummy aches! | |
| 17 | ALL: | Hey grasshopper Gal! |
| 18 | Hate to burst your bubble | |
| 19 | There’s a moral to this tale | |
| 20 | YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! | |
| 21 | READER 4: | The ants who lived next door to her |
| 22 | READER 5: | Had planned ahead, in fact |
| 23 | READER 6: | Had worked throughout the summer heat |
| 24 | READERS 4,5, 6: | To store up food out back |
| 25 | GROUP OF ANTS: | Did you ever, did you ever |
| 26 | Meet a group of ants so clever? | |
| 27 | ALL: | Hey grasshopper Gal! Hate to burst your bubble There’s a moral to this tale YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! |
| 28 | NARRATOR: | And when our dear grasshopper |
| 29 | Came begging for some bread | |
| 30 | The ants just shook their heads and said | |
| 31 | GROUP OF ANTS: | "You’re going to end up dead!!" |
| 32 | ALL: | Hey grasshopper Gal! Hate to burst your bubble There’s a moral to this tale YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! |
| 33 | GRASSHOPPER: | O.K., O.K., I’ve heard enough! |
| 34 | So what’s the moral? Tell me please! | |
| 35 | READER 7: | I bet the moral’s full of DON’TS! |
| 36 | READER 8: | Don’t sing away the summer? |
| 37 | READER 9: | Don’t party ‘til you’re fed? |
| 38 | READER 10: | Don’t waste your days just having fun? |
| 39 | READERS 7,8,9,10: | Don’t lounge around in bed? |
| 40 | ALL: | NO! |
| 41 | NARRATOR: | The moral of this story is: |
| 42 | ALL: | IT’S SMART TO PLAN AHEAD! |
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