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1.	Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them: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 ’ grantHim shelter from rain,And a mouthful of grain.He wished only to borrow;He’d repay it tomorrow;If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.(1) What was the condition of the cricket ?(2) What could keep the cricket alive?(3) What assurance did the cricket was ready to give?
Answer» 1. The cricket’s condition was pitiable. He was wet all over with snowfall and feeling terribly cold. 2. Only shelter and food could keep the cricket alive. 3. The cricket was ready to give assurance to the ant that if he gave him food that day, he would repay it the next day.

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them: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 ’ grantHim shelter from rain,And a mouthful of grain.He wished only to borrow;He’d repay it tomorrow;If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.(1) What was the condition of the cricket ?(2) What could keep the cricket alive?(3) What assurance did the cricket was ready to give?

Answer»

1. The cricket’s condition was pitiable. He was wet all over with snowfall and feeling terribly cold.

2. Only shelter and food could keep the cricket alive.

3. The cricket was ready to give assurance to the ant that if he gave him food that day, he would repay it the next day.