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ant; and laid it down. Another ant picked it up and car- 

 ried it far away. 



KENNETH. I took the body of a young white ant down 

 to the colony like ours under the sidewalk. An ant held 

 its mouth to it for about ten minutes, picked it up, carried 

 it a short distance, and handed it over to another ant, 

 mouth to mouth. The last one carried it away. 



FLORENCE. You don't carry out all your cripples, for 

 I saw one working that was minus a leg and one that had 

 a caved-in abdomen. I also saw one at work that had an 

 ant head fastened onto one leg. 



How au Ant Carries a Sister. 



ANT. We might not chase a cripple away from home 

 if it were not sick. 



KENNETH. I saw an ant carry a wing fifty feet to her 

 home and hand it over to an inspector that laid it down 

 by the door. A third ant picked it up and carried it six 

 inches away. 



DOROTHY. Let's ask Cecil why one ant carries an- 

 other. 



CECIL. I think one ant may carry another for different 

 reasons, as follows: Taking sister a joy ride, bringing 

 home the lost, bringing home the lazy, carrying home the 

 sick, carrying one that has refused to move, carrying out 



