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Question
Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,
The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?
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Solution
The ant refused to help the cricket since they will end up in starvation giving food to the silly cricket.
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