The Ant and The Grasshopper Story for Tamariki
I tetahi wa, he popokorua me te a mawhitiwhiti noho ana i roto i te wiwi kakariki. He pukumahi te popokorua, a pau katoa te raumati ki te kohi kai me te rongoa mo te takurua. I tetahi atu taha, ka pau te mawhitiwhiti i te roa o te raumati ki te waiata me te kanikani, kaore e raruraru ki te kohi kai.
Ka mohio te popokorua kua tata mai te takurua, me whakarite e ia i te mea ka poto ake nga ra o te ngahuru, ka heke te pāmahana. I whakapau kaha ia ki te whiwhi kai e taea ana e ia. Ahakoa te hotoke, ka waiata tonu te mawhitiwhiti me te kanikani.
He mahana, he hāneanea te popokorua i roto i tona whare ataahua i raro i te whenua, i tino miharo ki nga kai katoa i kohia e ia, i te taenga mai o te hukarere tuatahi o te takurua. Karekau he kai me te whakamarumaru o te mawhitiwhiti, he matekai, he makariri hoki.
Ka haere ia ki te popokorua ka tono kai. “Tena koa, e Ant, kare au i takatu mo te takurua penei i a koe. Ka taea e koe te tohu i etahi o au kai?”
Ka whakaaro te popokorua mo te wa poto ka mea, “E pouri ana ahau e te mawhitiwhiti engari i whakapau kaha ahau i te raumati katoa ki te kohi i tenei kai. Eita ta ’u e nehenehe e horoa noa na te hoê taata tei ore i rave i te taime no te faaineine.”
I mohio te mawhitiwhiti i tana he, ka oati kia kaua rawa ia e mangere me te kore e rite. Mai i taua ra, ka pau ona raumati ki te kohi kai me te whakarite mo te hotoke. I maumahara tonu ia ki te akoranga nui i akona e te popokorua ki a ia.
Moral of the Story
Ko te morare o te korero he mea nui ki te whakamahere me te whakarite mo nga ra kei mua. Ahakoa he mea whakamatautau ki te noho i tenei wa me te pai ki tenei wa, he mea nui kia whakaarohia nga mea ka puta mai i nga ra kei te heke mai me te mahi i nga huarahi hei whakarite kia rite tatou mo taua mea.