MUSIC BOX, INSTRUMENTS. 



49 



Music Box, Wind Instruments, Stringed Instruments. 

 See "Ants," Wheeler, p. 27. 



KENNETH. One day you said an ant told another 

 something. Tell us about your talking machine. 



ANT. You see the very slim pedicel that connects my 

 abdomen to the part the legs are on? 



KENNETH. Yes, and it has two humps on it. 



ANT. Well, there is a file on my abdomen (gaster) next 

 to that pedicel. There is a sharp plate on the last hump 

 of the pedicel and I can make that plate scrape on the 

 file and make a noise. 



KENNETH. Do all kinds of ants carry this phonograph 

 with them? 



