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The creature we now call the ant was once a man. He was a farmer, but was not content with the fruits of his own labor: he was forever coveting what belonged to others and stealing his neighbors’ crops. Zeus, angered by his greed, changed him into the creature called an ant. Yet though his shape had changed, his nature remained the same. To this day he roams the fields, gathering the fruits of others’ labor and storing them up for himself.

The fable shows that those who are wicked by nature do not give up their ways, however severely they are punished.