6. Fill in the summary of the poem

A cricket suddenly realized that it was already and he had not stored food for the hard winter days. He had spent the warm summer days  and enjoying himself. Now his cupboard was empty and the ground was covered with .

 

 

Trembling with cold and  with wet, he set out to seek help from the ant, who had been working throughout summer to save food for himself. He asked if he could borrow a of grain and a  for the rain. The ant said, though he was a servant and a friend to the cricket, ants do not  or lend anything. He also asked why the cricket did not save food during the summer, to which the cricket replied that he was singing. The ant asked him to  till the winter ended, in a sarcastic manner. The ant shut the door and turned the cricket away.

 

 

The poet says this could be a true incident, for there are many  crickets also in this world - referring to lazy people who while away their time, without thinking about their .