Review of The Grasshopper and the Ants

I've seen this numerous times. I can't help but be torn between the joy and freedom that the grasshopper has in the early moments of this cartoon. He spits and plays his fiddle while the ants trudge along and store food. They are working for a queen and she must be satisfied. Granted, the big guys is continually warned. As we adults continue to fail our children with low expectations from them, so does the grasshopper find himself in desperate straits, only to be rescued from his indiscretions by benevolence he does not deserve. Of course, in the original, he pays the price. But he is such an engaging fellow that he lands on all six of his feet.