31 1 What’s your story? Crumbs Don’t eat any more food in your room, Mother said. You’ll get more bugs. They depend on people like you. Otherwise, they would starve. But who do you want to make happy, your mother or a bunch of ants? What have they done for you? Nothing. They have no feelings. They’ll eat your candy. Yet you treat them better than you treat me. You keep feeding them. But you never offer me anything. Before reading Both of these poems are from a collection of poetry called Mother Said. Think about the following: What kind of things do mothers say to their children? a bug – skordýr to depend on – vera háður to starve – svelta a bunch of – fjöldi/hellingur to offer – bjóða
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