La Cigale et la Fourmi The Grasshopper and the Ant French narrator Clarinet Bassoon Piano (mp3)

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This is an interpretation of the La Fontaine poem, "La cigale et la fourmi", featuring a French narrator, a clarinet, bassoon, and piano. An English narrated version can also be found on this site. The cicada, having sung all summer, found herself greatly lacking When the north wind arrived. Not a single tiny piece Of fly or worm. She went to cry out hunger At her neighbor the ant, Begging her to lend Some grain to survive Until