Important Questions: Poem - The Ant And The Cricket - Class 8 MCQ

The cricket was starving in the poem "The Ant and the Cricket" (a fable in verse). The poem describes how the cricket had not prepared for the winter and therefore faced starvation when food became scarce.

Famine(Acute hunger) drove the cricket to approach the ant for help. Despite being aware that the ants were known for their hard work and not lending to those who were lazy, his extreme hunger made him bold enough to seek help.

The starving cricket approached the ant for food and shelter. The ant is known for storing food in preparation for difficult times, which is why the cricket turned to the ant for assistance.

The poem is set during extreme winter, where the cricket is facing starvation and cold because he failed to prepare for the harsh season, unlike the ants who stored food during the summer.

To cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen: The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots.

Cricket: 'Him' in the given lines refers to the cricket who is asking for shelter and food from the ant.

he stands for the cricket here.

The cricket had to face a difficult time of starvation and famine in the winter season.So, in order to tackle  this tough situation,  the cricket went to the ant for shelter and grains to eat. The cricket requested the ant to give him protection from rain. He also wanted a small quantity of food. His intention was to repay the debt soon.

The cricket promised to repay the loan of food and shelter the next day. This is a common theme in fables where the lazy character offers future repayment as a quick solution to present problems.

In this context, "mouthful" refers to a quantity of food that is enough to fill the mouth, implying a small amount of food that the cricket is requesting from the ant.