1. ENGLISH POETRY Title – The Ant And The Cricket

7. At last by starvation and famine made bold, All dripping with wet,and all trembling with cold, Away he set off to amiserly ant, To see if, to keep him alive,he would grant Him shelter from rain, And a mouthful of grain, He wished only to borrow; He’d repay it tomorrow; If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.

9. STANZA:3 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 ! My heart,was so light That I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay ‘ You sang,Sir,you say? Go then, ‘says the ant, ‘and dance winter away.’

11. STANZA:4 Thus ending,hehastily 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.

15. Moral of the poem: Lay by for the rainy day. If we are lazy and do not want to work,Nobody will help us and we’ll have to starve.

16. PREPARED BY : GROUP- III Mrs. Shikha Srivastava T.G.T.English(J.N.V.Pratapgarh) Miss. Anita Verma T.G.T.English(J.N.V.Kanpur Nagar)

17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We express our gratitude to: Mr.A.K. Shukla, Assistant Commissioner,Lucknow Region Dr.U.C.Bajpai Ex.D.D.,N.V.S. Mr. Vikram Joshi Principal,J.N.V.,U.S.Nagar Miss. Veena Rawat P.G.T.English J.N.V.Uttarkashi Mr. Rajesh Gupta P.G.T.,English,J.N.V.Almora