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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below. But we ants never borrow,we ants never lend. Who says these lines to whom? - English

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.

Who says these lines to whom?

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The miserly ant says this to the silly cricket.

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अध्याय 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [पृष्ठ ११८]

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अध्याय 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 6. b) | पृष्ठ ११८

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