Writing Better English for ESL Learners

“Winter is a long way off,” the grasshopper said. “I’d rather

.”

“You might be sorry when ,”

the ant warned. “You should plan for .”

But the grasshopper just laughed and

. He jumped over

and hopped across , play-

ing, singing, and.

The little ant shook her head and went back to work. She

and finally

.

The grasshopper saw the ant working nearly every day. And every

day he just. Soon it began

to grow cold. The wind.

The snow. And the grass-

hopper understood. He

made his way to the ant colony and called out, “

.” But the ants could not hear him. They

, and the poor

grasshopper.

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