UNIT3-What-Does-the-Fable-mean-to-Me.doc

What Does the Fable mean to Me?
The moral lesson of The Ant and the Grasshopper is: Idleness brings want. But the author tells us a story of George and Tom to show his disagreement. I am inspired by the two stories, but I think the moral of the fable is that one must keep a good balance between material and spirit.
Firstly, material is the base of our living. So we should be industrious, just as the ant is busy gathering its winter store and George goes to work everyday. Industry can bring us food, help us make a living for our family, and even promote the social development. On the contrary, if everyone is idle, spends all day singing just like the grasshopper, or everyone is Tom--gambles,flirts with prettiest girls and even blackmails his own brother, we would be perfectly worthless and do harm to our family or society.
Secondly, spirit is our ultimate pursuit. Life is colorful. We shouldn’t be working like a horse all day, the life of the ant and George are too boring. We can live a happy life—sing and dance when we want, eat delicious food, live in expensive restaurant occasionally, and so on. We can do something interesting just like the grasshopper and Tom , but we should not violate moral principle.
In short, we should be industrious but don’t regard work as your whole life, and we can make our life colorful but do observe moral discipline.