Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the
ants have gathered for them. The "offering", as the ants call the ritual, is a
part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering`s preparation has just
been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered
seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second
chance to collect food until fall. Flik sets off to find bugs that are willing to
fight the grasshoppers (nobody expects him to succeed anyway) and, due
to a double misinterpretation, returns with a circus crew, giving everybody
new hope. When the misunderstanding finally gets cleared out, there is only
little time left for a new plan, which has to work, or else...