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I happen to know that it took over two hours before they 

 finished moving. 



DOROTHY. The ants are not foolish enough to take 

 all their young out on the trail at one time, and I see why. 

 What if some enemy should appear on the trail of movers? 



CECIL. You say there were 1,400 ants on the trail and 

 seventy of these carried babies and pupae. The seventy 

 baby and pupa carriers, then, had 1,330 guards, or nine- 

 teen guards for each baby and each pupa. 



ALBERT. That's about right, for only a few carried 

 anything else. I think there were about as many ants not 

 on the trail as there were on it, for I know something of 

 the size of that colony. 



FLORENCE. How did a carrier hold a baby? 



ALBERT. It carried the baby, head in front, back 

 down, and most of the pupae and young white ants the 

 same way. 



KENNETH. In what way did they most remind you 

 of man? 



ALBERT. They had their objectors and kickers. About 

 half a dozen ants were carrying the babies back to the old 

 home, while seventy were carrying them to the new. Six 

 thought the old home good enough for the rainy season, 

 and they weren't afraid of toads. No, sir; they Averen't 

 afraid of anything. 



KENNETH. Why didn't the ants punish the kickers? 



ALBERT. I don't know, unless it's because the ants are 

 like men. 



Our Harvester Ants Move. 



FLORENCE. Ant, what makes you so still 1 You look 

 like you would cry if you had any tears. We have all 

 noticed that you have been acting so queer lately. You 



