Glossary
English: Poem: The Ant and the Cricket - Adapted from Aesop’s fables
Word Meanings
accustomed to (v) – be used to
gay (adj.) – glad, joyful
crumb (n) – piece of bread
famine (n) – extreme scarcity of food
miserly (adj.) – hesitant to spend money
quoth (v) – said (old English usage, used only in first and third person singular before the subject)
hastily (adv.) – hurriedly
warrant (v) – guarantee, promise