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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.
What would keep him alive?
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Solution
Shelter from rain and a mouthful of grain would keep him alive.
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