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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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Solution

The miserly ant says this to the silly cricket.

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Chapter 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [Page 118]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
Chapter 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 6. b) | Page 118

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