The cicada, having sung all summer, all summer
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Found herself really destitute when the north wind came
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Not a single tiny bit of fly or grub
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She went to cry famine at the ant's house, her neighbor
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A few grains to survive
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"I'll pay you," she told her
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Before August, animal's honor
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That's her smallest flaw
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"What were you doing in the warm times?"
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She asked this borrower
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Night and day, to everyone passing
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I was singing, if you don't mind
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You were singing, I'm very glad
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Really destitute, really destitute