Grasshopper and ants

The grasshopper plays the violin, dances and eats leaves. He notices that some ants diligently collect food. He tells the ant that there is food on every tree, and he sees no reason to work. The ant is also starting to dance. The ant queen comes and the ant immediately returns to work. The evil queen warns the grasshopper that he will change his melody when winter comes. The grasshopper blithely rejects the queen's warning, saying that it is still far from winter.

Autumn passes and winter comes. Grasshopper wanders through the snow, cold and hungry. He finds one dried leaf, but he is blown away by the wind before he can eat it. Meanwhile, the ants are feasting. The grasshopper knocks on their door and falls. Ants carry it inside, warm and feed it. The Queen Ant is coming to him. He asks to be allowed to stay. She tells him that only those who work can stay. Thinking that he is being thrown out, he begins to leave, but the queen tells him to play the violin. While the ants are dancing, he happily plays and sings.

• Pinto Colvig - grasshopper

• Grasshopper
• Ant queen

• Directed by: Wilfred Jackson .
• Writers: William Cottrell based on Aesop .
• Produced by: Walt Disney .
• Composer: Lee Harline .
• Animators: Art Babbitt , Forest Clark , Hugh Hennessy , Dick Humer , Albert Hurter , Dick Lundy , Hamilton Lasky , Thomas McKimson , Bill Roberts , Leonard Sebring , Ben Sharpstin , Edward Smith , Frenchy de Tremaudan and Cy Young.

• USA - February 10, 1934
• Great Britain - March 1934
• Italy - November 1934
• Sweden - December 17, 1934
• Germany - March 1, 1935
• USA - July 7, 1950 ( re-release )
• Denmark - November 15, 1952

Television

• " Disneyland" - Episode # 3.22
  • " More About the Silly Symphonies"
• " The New Mickey Mouse Club " - September 30, 1977
• " Good Morning, Mickey " - Episode # 39
• " Donald's Quack Attack " - Episode # 35
• " Sing Me a Story with Belle "
  • " Taking the Easy Way Out"
• " The Ink and Paint Club " - Episode # 1.38
  • "Infested Silly Symphonies "
• Treasures from the Disney Vault - December 17, 2015

Home Video

VHS

• " Storybook Classics "
• " 50 Classic Cartoons " - Volume 5

DVD

• " Walt Disney Treasures "
  • " Silly Symphonies"
• " Walt Disney's Timeless Tales " - Volume 1
• " Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films " - Volume 5
  • " The Wind in the Willows"

Blu-ray

• " A Bug's Life"

• Original title - The Grasshopper and the Ants
• Brazil - O Gafanhoto e as Formigas
• Germany - Die Heuschrecke und die Ameisen
• Spain - El saltamontes y las hormigas
• USSR (Russian name) - Grasshopper and ants
• Denmark - Den dovne græshoppe
• Finland - Heinäsirkka ja muurahaiset
• France - La cigale et la fourmi
• Sweden - Gräshoppan och myrorna

Leonard Moultin wrote that the period of 1934-1935 at the Disney studio was marked by the creation of such wonderful films as "The Grasshopper and the Ants", "The Turtle and the Hare ", and "The Concert ". ^[one]

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