"Folks call this a fable.I'll warrant it true: Some crickets have four legs,and some have two" Please explain the above poetic lines from the poem "The Ant and The Cricket"
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In this humans are described as crickets with four legs who are similar to the crickets and believe in the same policy of laziness.
So the poet says Folks call this a fable.I'll warrant it true: Some crickets have four legs,and some have two
The pleasure-seeking cricket had wasted his entire summer and spring in idle singing as a result of which he was in danger. He had not saved any food for the winter. He himself was responsible for his trouble. Now, he wanted help from the ant, who refused to help him. We should learn a lesson from both the ant and the cricket. We should be hard working like ants; we should avoid being like the cricket.
This poem is not about crickets alone; this poem has a message for human beings also who behave like the cricket, wasting their precious summer and spring in idle activities.
Two-legged cricket here is an innuendo to lazy men or women who behave like, the cricket waste their time initially and then repent later on.
In conclusion it can be said that we must be responsible for our future. We must not just spend our good times idly; we must also secure our future against the bad times also.