In the fable"the Ant and the Grasshopper", the ant is stroing up the food for the winter when grasshopper is singing  in the summer. During the winter, grasshopper begs ant some food to provide himself. But ant rejects to help him. This fable gives us a idea about someone who works hard will get reward from his work. like ant works hard in the summer then he has a safe winter.  on the other hand, grasshopper is lazy so he is suffered by the winter.
In the artical" the Ant and the Grasshopper" is written by W.Somerset Maugyham. According to the fable, George and Tom  are simmilar as ant and grasshopper. George  works hard for his whole life. Tom is same as grasshopper enjoys his life. Geroge does not get reward from his work hard. He is old and tired. on the other side, Tom is lucky and gets a lot of things from his enjoyment. he is young and energy.
     Those two story has two different result. one  is no gain without pain. another one is  that sometimes even if you work hard, you can not get any rewards from your work. It also depends on luck. Accordin to our  realistic society, I believe that no gain without pain. if someone works hard on something, he or she will get benefits from it.