The ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away” because when it asked the cricket what it did in the summers and why it had not stored any food for summers, the cricket answered that it sang through the warm and sunny months of summers. Therefore, in reply to this, the ant asked the cricket to “dance” the winter away just like it “sang” all through the summers and did not bother to store food for winters.
The word 'dance' is appropriate to use here for a careless,irresponsible person like the cricket who is least bothered of the rainy day and keeps enjoying his life.
