144 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



lying around your door. They were three-eighths of an 

 inch long and one-eighth across. They included the skulls 

 of thirty of your ants arid three Carpenter heads. 



ANT. You know that South America and Mexico yes, 

 even some of our states have their ant eaters. 



CECIL. I'll bet it is the horny toad that comes around 

 here. You knoAV, it isn't a toad at all, but a lizard, and 

 small lizards eat insects. 



KENNETH. Why, at the rate of thirty a night it will 

 soon swallow your whole colony, if you don't watch out. 



ANT. Looks like we might need your help. 



KENNETH. I left a horny toad near your door. The 

 ants passed its nose and carried loads across its back with- 



Ants Taking a Ride on a Horned Toad. 



out paying the least attention to it. Neither did it eat 

 any of your ants. 



ANT. Maybe our ants have something to learn yet. 



KENNETH. I opened Horny's mouth and dropped one 

 of your crippled ants into it. The toad got bit and gave us 

 a lively show. He danced, shook his head, tried to rub the 

 ant oft' 011 the ground, but finally swallowed it. 



FLORENCE. Aha! I told you Horny would get you. 

 Yesterday one wriggled around and made a little pit to 



