Read the passage. wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, o, what a panic’s in thy breastie! what is the best paraphrase of these opening lines from the poem “to a mouse” by robert burns?

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In the first lines of the poem "To a Mouse," Burns refers to the mouse he's referring to as small (wee), sly (sleekit), afraid, and cowardly (cow'rin and tim'rous). He then refers to the mouse as having a panic in its chest (panic's in thy breastie). 

A paraphrase of these lines could be something like, "The mouse is described as a small, timid, and sly animal."

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Poor, little scared thing! How panicked you are!

Explanation:

this is for gradpoint and this is the most common answer ive found

These lines reveal Silas as a quiter and unfaithful, careless and with a false pride.

Explanation:

The plot is supported as he is found asleep beside the stove, he comes back when he needs money for tobacco in the winter when Warren and Mary don't need the help, but when they do need help Silas leaves, so Warren is done, disappointed, frustrated, Silas is taking advantage of him, and Warren doesn't care if he's young or old-he didn't do his job and that's all that matters.

Mary doesn't want to hurt Silas' feelings, but Warren knows that Silas needs to learn a lesson, and Mary and Warren don't just have the extra money to give Silas.