12 Feb 1996
The Strings
A parable about the fragility of relationships. Love is sought, found, tested, lost...
The Grasshopper and the Ants
A grasshopper learns a lesson about hard work.
As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves
Top Billed Cast
Pinto Colvig Grasshopper (voice)
Dorothy Compton Ant Queen (voice)
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