The Ant and The Cricket (Class 8) Powerpoint Presentation by Bhim Kumar

The lesson, The Ant and The Cricket from the NCERT Class 8th english textbook, ''The Honeydew'' teaches us a moral that ''We should make hay while the sun shines'' and shouldn't be as lazy as the cricket in the poem. There was a great difference between the attitude and behaviour of both the ants and the cricket and it was clear from that, whom we should follow to move ahead in life. So here's a PowerPoint Presentation on the lesson which makes it easy for u to understand it.

2. CONTENTS

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«"Word#Meanings
e Inner) Meaning and) Moral

3. WHATS A\FABLEP 7

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4. ABOUT AESPO’S FABLES

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borrow; we ants never lend.
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did you lay nothing by
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And out of the door turned the poor little
cricket.

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15. WORD MEANINGS

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16. INNER MORAL AND
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The poet says people think of ES ‚story as a
fable (an imaginary story) ‘abut he fe feels it could
have even really happened. The moral of the
story is very true that it can\ happen ‘actually
in real fe too. He refersäto the cricket in the

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the o cricket, wel 1also end upjstarved and

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and save) for the future:
Moral:- ‘Make hay) while the Sun shines’

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17. THANK. You!

PREPARED BY- BHIM KUMAR

GUIDED BY- SHRUTI CHAKRABORTY