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प्रश्न
Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.
Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?
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उत्तर
Ants are industrious and good planners. So they neither borrow nor lend.
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