The Ant And The Grasshopper Author Novels & Stories

' said she, 'l can talk because I was a Prince,' said the Cricket, 'And for that very same reason I ought to be able to talk more than you, for I was a Princess,' replied the Grasshopper, 'Then you have met with the same fate as I have,' said he. 'But where are you going now? Cannot we journey together?' 'l seemed to hear a voice in the air which said: "Be firm, happen what may, and seek the Golden Branch," answered the Grasshopper, 'and I thought the command must be for me, so I started at once, though I don't know the way.'