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7. ‘‘Not I!
    My heart was so light
    That I sang day and night,
    For all nature looked gay.”
a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?
    

b) What was the nature of the cricket? How do you know?
    
 

8. Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
     And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,
a) The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?
    

b) Explain the second line.
    
 
 
9. He wished only to borrow;
    He’d repay it tomorrow;
a) Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.
   
 
b) Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem.
    
 
 
10. My heart was so light
      that I sang day and night,
      For all nature looked gay.
      “You sang , Sir , you say”?
a) Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.