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  Read the given, poem carefully.                                                                                                                (5) Be the Best of Whatever You Are If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,                          We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew, Be a scrub in the valley, but be                                  There's something for all of us here, The best little scrub by the side of the rill;            There's big work to do and there's lesser to Be a bush if you can't be a tree.                                 do,                                                                                                 And the task you must do is the near. If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make;                           If you can't be a highway then just be a trail, If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass?      If you can't be the sun be a star; Be the liveliest bass in the lake!                                 It isn't by size that you win or fail-                                                                                 Be the best of whatever you are!                                                                                                                  Douglas Malloch Complete the following statements. (a) Being the best little scrub tree is as good as being a............... (b) 'Be the liveliest bass in the lake!' Here bass means........... (c) 'We can't all be captains, we 've got to be crew' means........... (d) The message of the poem is................ (e) The tone of the poem is.....................

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  (a) bush. (b) an edible fish. (c) we should also be willing to serve. (d) we must always be our best in whatever we do. (e) inspirational.