[Superman]

Good story but you left out critical information. The Ant's credit for working hard is unearned. Sure, he put up stores and was well-positioned for winter but the hard work was done by a large number of aphids working under harsh conditions for low pay and no benefits. Reliable sources also report that many of those aphids were illegal aliens. This report cannot be confirmed because the Ant locked those workers out as the weather cooled and they perished.

The tussle between the Ant and the Grasshopper is a classic one, often repeated. They both live in a world centered around opportunism and greed.....and the grasshopper simply bested the Ant in this instance. The grasshopper's political affiliation is of no consequence but it should be noted that his voting record (unpublished of course since he is a capitalist and not a public figure) follows the conservative pattern you would expect from someone with his economic interests at stake. Next year, the Ant hopes to leverage the policial and community forces as effectively as the grasshopper did this time around.