12 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



DOROTHY. Here's one carrying a stick home. Maybe 

 that's to whip the children with. Ha, ha ! Look at this 

 ant carrying an umbrella. 



FLORENCE. Cecil says ants are so smart. I'd like to 

 see their teacher. 



DOROTHY. My teacher says, "Butterflies attract others 

 with their beautiful wings and some spiders are graceful 

 dancers." But what can you say for ants? 



CECIL. And my teacher says, "As ants are nearly blind, 

 they may feel the beauty of face, wing, form, or motion 

 of a fellow ant, or enjoy it through some wireless that we 

 know nothing about. Do you suppose there is no beauty 

 except what man can see? Were there no roses before 

 man came on earth? What's the use of microscopic 

 beauty?" 



KENNETH. Why, I saw an ant try to do a highland 

 fling. It stood on its hind legs, jumped up and down, 

 sprang half an inch, and whirled round. But maybe it 

 was just taking its physical exercise. 



FLORENCE. Look at this fool ant trying to drag a 

 squash seed home. There, five others are helping and the 

 load moves. 



ALBERT. Are these guards that are stationed around 

 the door? 



KENNETH. See this gang of harvesters coming home, 

 each with a load of grain. 



Ants Excited. 



FLORENCE. If the ants are so brave, why did they all 

 skedaddle into the house when Kenneth threw a yellow 

 jacket down by the door? 



CECIL. If you had seen Albert perform when he stirred 



