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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? - English

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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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Solution

Ants are industrious and good planners. So they neither borrow nor lend.

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Chapter 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [Page 118]

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Chapter 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
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