1.
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket.
Folks call this a fable. I'll warrant it true :
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.

The word
2.
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket.
Folks call this a fable. I'll warrant it true :
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.

What does the poet mean when he says that
3.
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket.
Folks call this a fable. I'll warrant it true :
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.

Why did he lift the wicket ?
4.
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket.
Folks call this a fable. I'll warrant it true :
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.

Who lifted the wicket ?
5.
Says the ant to the
cricket, "I'm your servant
and friend,
But we ants never
borrow ; we ants never
lend.
But tell me, dear cricket,
did you lay nothing by
When the weather was
warm ?" Quoth the cricket,
"Not I !

The word
6.
Says the ant to the
cricket, "I'm your servant
and friend,
But we ants never
borrow ; we ants never
lend.
But tell me, dear cricket,
did you lay nothing by
When the weather was
warm ?" Quoth the cricket,
"Not I !

The ant scolded the Cricket because
7.
Says the ant to the
cricket, "I'm your servant
and friend,
But we ants never
borrow ; we ants never
lend.
But tell me, dear cricket,
did you lay nothing by
When the weather was
warm ?" Quoth the cricket,
"Not I !

What do the ants not do according to the passage?
8.
Says the ant to the
cricket, "I'm your servant
and friend,
But we ants never
borrow ; we ants never
lend.
But tell me, dear cricket,
did you lay nothing by
When the weather was
warm ?" Quoth the cricket,
"Not I !

What do you think that of the ant's behaviour ? What was it like ?
9.
At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant

What does the word
10.
At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant

What did he expect to get from the miserly ant ?