The Ants and the Grasshopper

One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the ......... of great activity.
move
sound
moving
sounding

What you could hear was the ants who were ......... drying grain.
active
doing
busy
business

Sensibly as all ants do, they had ......... the grain during the summer.
assembled
assumed
brought
collected

Their plan was to eat this ......... during the winter.
provision
providing
provider
provided

They were so ......... in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.
enveloped
engrossed
encompassed
enlarged

The grasshopper was so weak he was practically ......... because he hadn't eaten for ages.
straining
stalking
starving
streaming

He saw the ants and ......... them with all the strength he could find to let him have a little food.
begged
bade
bid
bartered

The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't ......... up food in the summer.
stood
stored
stoked
stopped

The poor grasshopper ......... he had spent the whole summer enjoying himself singing and dancing.
confused
confessed
continued
contented

All the ants laughed and said in that case he would have to dance ......... to bed in the winter.
famous
familiar
faded
famished