Read the story below and find three details that point to the main idea. The Ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime. A Grasshopper,
perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him. Why did
you not treasure up food during the summer? He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in
singing." They then said in derision, "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance
supperless to bed in the winter."
Main idea: It is important to prepare today for the needs of tomorrow.