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1. 1.

   The mountain and the squirrel
   Had a quarrel;
   And the former called the latter
   Little prig.

   1. Who are the characters in these lines?
   2. What was the quarrel about?
   3. Who called whom 'Little prig'?
2. 2.

   But all sorts of things and weather
   Must be taken in together
   To make up a year
   And a sphere.

   1. Who says these lines and to whom?
   2. What makes up a year? Why does the speaker refer to a year?
   3. What is the 'sphere' that the speaker refers to?
3. 3.

   The squirrel lists two things it can do that the mountain cannot. Which are these two things?

4. 4.

   What does the squirrel mean by saying, 'If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I'?

5. 5.

   'All is well and wisely put'. Who has put things wisely and well? What would happen if everyone had the same talents?

6. 6.

   What do you think the mountain would have said in reply to the squirrel?