Story of the Ant & The Grasshopper.

A new way to look at things...
Really a good one to read. well put to whoever who wrote this article !!!


Older Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays
the summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed.

The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.



Modern Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays
the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.

TV1, TV2 & TV3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper
next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
with food.

The majority of the Malaysian Parliment are stunned by the sharp
contrast. How can this poor Grasshopper allowed suffering so?

Khairy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Nazri goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

Most of the related people criticizes the Malaysia Government for not
upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The local news paper & the Internet is flooded with online petitions
seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and
Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for
non-compliance) .

Deputy minister immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working
hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.

Hishammudin makes 'More Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in
Educational Institutions & in Government Services.

The Ant; fined for failing to comply with 30% sharing and having nothing
left to pay his retroactive taxes; its home is confiscated by the
Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony
covered by maju ---------.

Prime Minister announces to the whole Malaysia that this is part of the
NEP and all have to respect, no question ask and have to follow it.

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar
company.

100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation
somewhere in Malaysia

Because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
Grasshoppers, Malaysia is still a developing country!!!

All because the ANTS are still doing their work