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The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why? - English Honeydew

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The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why?

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The ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away” because when it asked the cricket what it did in the summers and why it had not stored any food for summers, the cricket answered that it sang through the warm and sunny months of summers. Therefore, in reply to this, the ant asked the cricket to “dance” the winter away just like it “sang” all through the summers and did not bother to store food for winters.

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Chapter 1.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Working with the Poem [Page 23]

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Chapter 1.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Working with the Poem | Q 3 | Page 23

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