Question

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Grasshopper spent the summer dancing, singing, relaxing, and playing. The ants looked at Grasshopper disgustedly. "It's fun now, but you'll regret your laziness. You should be gathering and storing food for winter like us."

Grasshopper ignored them. Before he knew it, though, summer was over and the air was crisp and cold. The food had disappeared, and Grasshopper was very hungry. "I should have listened to the ants," he said to himself.

The Little Red Hen

One day, Little Red Hen found a wheat seed and decided to plant it. She asked her friends for help, but they all declined, so she planted it herself. Each day, as her friends played and relaxed, Little Red Hen watered the seed.

When it was time to harvest the wheat and take it to the mill to be ground into flour, she again worked alone. Not surprisingly, Little Red Hen's friends were also too lazy to help make bread from the flour. It was not until the aroma of freshly baked bread wafted out her window that Little Red Hen's friends showed up. They wanted to eat the bread, but Little Red Hen wouldn't let them. "I did the work alone, so I shall eat alone," she clucked.

What do the two passages have in common?
a
They both teach that working alone is the only way to have enough food for the winter.
b
They both teach that team work is the only way to get bread made.
c
They both teach that you should share food with people that don't have any.
d
They both teach that hard work is better than laziness.

Answer 1

d — They both teach that hard work is better than laziness. Both stories contrast industrious characters who prepare and work with lazy ones who suffer the consequences.