Cicada celebrate the recent rains !

Following the heavy rains at last at #Tachila the morning are now announced by the sound of the Cicada which reminds of the story of the Ant and The Cicada:

During the summer, the Ant went around the fields collecting grains of wheat and barley so that he could store up some food for the winter.

A Cicada while singing watched the Ant and decided that he must be a wretched creature since he worked all the time, never taking a moment's rest, unlike the other animals. The ant didn't pay attention to the cicada and simply went about his business.

When winter came and the dung was washed away by the rain, the Cicada grew hungry. He went to the Ant and begged him to share a little bit of his food. The ant replied, "O cicada, if you had done some work yourself instead of singing and making fun of me while I was working so hard, then you would not need to be asking me for food."

It is usually understood that the cicada dies from hunger at the end of the story. #Tachila #Botswana #Wildlife #Africa