CARPENTERS, HARVESTERS 205 



ALBERT. The sow bugs are out, too, and having a high 

 old time. 



DOROTHY. Well, we've had another half inch of rain, 

 and all the ants that hadn't finished mining are happy. 

 But ours are still housed up and have been ever since Janu- 

 ary 13th. Once in a while one will come out to see if every- 

 thing is all right. 



FLORENCE. I counted thirty-six of ours in the sun- 

 parlor while it was raining. 



ALBERT. The ants have made Kenneth's parlor two 

 inches square since they use it for themselves instead of 

 for their babies. 



CECIL. Their rooms are ventilated through doors we 

 can't see. Then the damp walls would take up some of the 

 bad breath. 



DOROTHY. Some of the other Harvester colonies are 

 mining today. Their outer doors were so big they couldn't 

 close them if they tried. 



KENNETH. I exchanged my glass roof on the sun- 

 parlor for a tin one. One night there were several ants in 

 the room when it was raining. I guess they liked to hear 

 the rain on the roof. 



ALBERT. One day after a heavy rainfall, I lifted up a 

 stone and there lay one hundred and fifty Carpenters in 

 the mud. They looked like tiny horses lying down on their 

 sides asleep even their heads were lying on the ground. 



CECIL. They may have been asleep or just dormant 

 from the wet and cold. 



ALBERT. After the sun shone on them five minutes, 

 some began to wake up and these soon rooted around 

 among the others. In a little while all were awake and 

 ran down a hole. 



