The Ant and the Cricket NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 1
Question 1.
The Cricket says, “Oh! what will become of me?” When does he say it, and why?
Answer:
The winter has set in. He has nothing to eat. He can’t find even a crumb on snowcovered ground. He is worried and starved. At that time he says so.
Question 2.
(i) Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” (Shakespeare).
Answer:
The following lines have the same meaning : ‘But we ants never borrow, we ants never lend’. It conveys the same sense as ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’.
(ii) What is your opinion of the ant’s principles ?
Answer:
The ants’ principles are appropriate. As a principle it deserves applaud. But we should not so hard as let the other die of starvation. However, one should make one realise one’s mistake.
Question 3.
The ant tells the cricket to ‘dance the winter away’. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here ? If so, why?
Answer:
The word ‘dance’ is appropriate as it suits to the carelessness of the cricket.
Question 4.
(i) Which lines in the poem express the poet’s comment ? Read them aloud.
Answer:
Folks call this fable. I’ll warrant it true : Some cricket have four legs, and some have two (Read aloud)
(ii) Write the comment in your own words.
Answer:
By a two-legged cricket, the poet satires on the person who are inactive. They don’t work and suffer tomorrow.Those who live today and saves for tomorrow do succeed in life. Always save something for the rainy days to come.
The Ant and the Cricket Introduction
The Ant and the Cricket is a fable that conveys a moral. It contains an idea of far-reaching significance which is true for all means. Always spare something for the rainy days to come is the moral to the poem.
The Ant and the Cricket Word Notes
Question 1.
What type of creature cricket was ?
(a) intelligent
(b) hypocrate
(c) silly
(d) honest
Answer:
(c) silly
Question 2.
“Oh!” What will become of me?” Who said so ?
(a) ant
(b) cricket
(c) poet
(d) trees
Answer:
(b) cricket
Question 3.
‘Dance the winter away’. Who said to whom ?
(a) Cricket to Ant
(b) Poet to Cricket
(c) Ant to Cricket
(d) Poet to Ant
Answer:
(c) Ant to Cricket
Question 4.
I’m your servant and friend. What does ‘T’ refer to ?
(a) cricket
(b) ant
(c) poet
(d) rain
Answer:
(b) ant
Question 5.
The word ‘crumb’ here means
(a) a piece of pie
(b) a piece of wood
(c) a piece of bread
(d) a piece of stone
Answer:
(c) a piece of bread
