From 'Toy Story' to 'Monsters Inc' and beyond, Randy Newman has been responsible for some of Disney's best songs.

Edward Bawden Aesop's Fables: The Ant and Grasshopper 40.4 x 55.9 cm. (15.9 x 22 in.) View to Scale Past Auction ...

The Grasshopper & the Ants Jerry Pinkney. Little, Brown, $18 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-40081-7 ...

In a beautiful forest, a busy little ant works tirelessly to gather food. One day, while riding a dragonfly, he falls into a stream and is saved by a kind dove who drops a leaf for him to float to ...

In Aesop’s fable, the grasshopper spends its summer singing, dancing and consuming. The assiduous ant toils away storing food, despite the grasshopper’s entreaties to join the fun.

As winter approaches, the grasshopper finds himself without food, regretting his carefree attitude. The story teaches the importance of hard work and preparation for the future.

Sam Sacks ’s review of “Aesop’s Fables” (Books, Nov. 2) brings to mind a modern twist on an old classic: In the summer, the ants worked and saved, while the grasshoppers played.

In Aesop’s fable, “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” a family of ants prepares for winter. Bustling about in the sun, the ants dry out the grain they gathered over the summer.

If you’re old enough to remember Saturday morning cartoons, then you likely recall the classic merry melody about the grasshopper and the ant. It was based on Aesop’s ancient fable about ...

“The ant andthe zebra ” sounds like the title of one of Aesop’s fables. Like all good fables, this one has a moral, which is that tinkering with nature has unpredictable consequences. Unlike ...