How Things have Changed

The world has changed, believe it or not. To give an example, look at this story and how it would change to adapt to this ever changing place: THE CLASSIC VERSION - a) The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. b) The Grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is …

…The ant has disappeared in the snow. And on the TV, which the grasshopper bought by selling most of the ant's food, they are showing Bill Clinton standing before a wildly applauding group of Democrats announcing that a new era of "fairness" has dawned in America. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.