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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,

What made the cricket bold?

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Starvation and hunger made the cricket bold.

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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
Exercise | Q A. 4. a) | Page 118

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