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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.“At last by starvation and famine made bold, All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold, Away he set off to a miserly ant, To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant” (a) Who was suffering from starvation and famine? (b) Why was he ‘dripping with wet’? (c) Whom did the cricket approach for help? (d) What did he expect to get from the miserly ant?(e) What does the word ‘grant’ mean? (f) Why had the cricket to suffer in winter? |
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Answer» (a) The cricket was suffering from starvation and cold. (b) The winter season was cold and he had no shelter. Hence the cricket was dripping with cold. . (c) The cricket approached a miserly ant for help. (d) The cricket expected to get food and shelter from the miserly ant. (e) Here ‘grant’ means ‘give’. (f) The cricket had to suffer in winter because of his lazy and careless nature. He was not wise enough to plan the future and store food for the winter season. |
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