ANIMAL FOOD 193 



were carried up the post with jaws clenched on legs. An 

 old ant tried to pull a feeler off, but her jaws slipped. 

 After six trials she gave up. 



CECIL. And then the ants carried the bug down and 

 up to the door. After a scramble the ants carried the bug 

 up the post this time, but soon left. 



KENNETH. Then, strange to say, the bug went down 

 and into the door, but was chased away. Its shell was so 

 hard the ants couldn't hurt it much, but it lost a foot in 

 the skirmish. 



