FOOD 117 



ANT. That wasn't enough to last a thousand ants very 

 long. 



KENNETH. I placed some ginger, salt, pepper, sugar, 

 a fly, a slice of banana and peach on your trail. The 

 workers paid no attention for a long time, but finally 

 tackled the fly and sugar. 



ANT. Our workers seldom stop on the trail to eat. 



FLORENCE. You looked like a monkey the other day 

 when you were rolling that large pupa case home. 



ANT. There's another animal that looks more like a 

 monkey than I do. 



FLORENCE. I see you can stand upright. See if you 

 can do it and carry your umbrella. 



ANT. All right Here I go. 



KENNETH. You made seven feet a minute going after 

 some of that woolly fireweed seed, but only one foot a 

 minute coming back the thirty feet. Another ant aver- 

 aged only one foot in three minutes in bringing home a 

 filaree seed. The augur tail and scythe hook caught on 

 everything. 



CECIL. Another one of those seeds caught and the ant 

 couldn't pull it loose. Ant No. 2 came along, helped un- 



