MEN AND ANTS COMPARED. LONGLEGS 89 



FLORENCE. Well, I wish man had been given wings, 

 anyhow. 



CECIL. If man had been given wings, he mightn't know 

 any more than the condor and might be as scarce as the 

 dodo. 



FLORENCE. Well, man got tired of waiting for wings 

 to grow, and so now is making his own. 



CECIL. Yes, and when the sky begins to rain bombs, he 

 may see his mistake. 



ANT. Here, children, you'll have to get off our yard if 

 you're going to quarrel. 



Men and Ants Compared. 



ALBERT. Is one kind of ant as smart as another? 



ANT. Are all kinds of men equally wise? Let me see 

 if I can read: "You have your savage hunters living in 

 the wilds and fighting single-handed so have ants. You 

 have your shepherds with their animals and houses, that 

 live on the products of their flocks and combine in battle 

 so have ants." 



ALBERT. Right. Go on. 



ANT. "You have your great civilized farming people 

 that harvest their crops, build their houses, and combine in 

 war so with ants." I am a harvester. I hope you are, 

 also. 



CECIL. Yes, civilized man is a harvester, but he is 

 more. He has gone ahead of you because he can make 

 tools, trade, and improve. 



Longlegs. 



FLORENCE. We've been calling the ant that has such 

 long legs and long feet "Longlegs." Is that good enough 

 a name? 



