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dead one is still dead; the live one is dead, too. The four 

 Carpenters No. 1, stung to death yesterday; No. 2, dead 

 with one foot in jaws of one of our ants; No. 3, cannot 

 turn over when placed on its back ; No. 4, the big one, 

 seems well. The nine ants of our colony and of the other 

 colony like ours No. 1, head cut off; No. 2, abdomen cut 

 off; No. 3, dead; No. 4, Carpenter cutting abdomen off; 

 No. 5, dying with foot of Carpenter in jaws; Nos. 6, 7, 8 

 and 9 seem all right. 



CECIL. That's an awful report. We must never do 

 such a thing again. 



KENNETH. We didn't know they would fight. But 

 I'm 



ALBERT. Well, look! No. 6 is dead, and No. 7 has 

 lost its legs. 



CECIL. The two that are left are climbing onto the 

 back of the big Carpenter and running their faces into its 

 face as if they wanted to be killed, also. 



KENNETH. Why, the big Carpenter has fallen over 

 dead, too. 



ALBERT. I'll leave the two of our kind the only 

 insects of the sixteen that are now alive by the door of 

 our ants. Look ! One of them is walking into the house, 

 but the other is running away. 



CECIL. Maybe the one that is running away belongs 

 to the other colony. 



KENNETH. Well, we've learned something, anyway. A 

 bee can sting an ant to death, and a number of Carpenters 

 can kill a bee. 



ALBERT. Yes, and the Carpenter will use his jaws on 

 other ants if cornered. And the largest of the Carpenters 

 >vas the last to die just as we expected. 



CECIL, Here come the girls. Let's not talk about it. 



