238 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



ALBERT. These two ants have just been carried out of 

 the cave to die. One lias lost a feeler and the other a leg. 



KENNETH. Here lie two dead queens and three wings 

 by the door of the old home. Queens killed in battle, of 

 course. I wonder if they were helping fight. 



CECIL. Our ants are carrying in dry leaves and sticks. 

 Maybe these are to be used in plastering up earth cracks. 



CECIL. (4 P. M., Tuesday.) Look! Look! Five hun- 

 dred of ours are moving their grain from the old wet home 

 to their new dry den by the pole. Isn't that great? They'll 

 not lose all their grain, after all. Hurrah, hip, hip, hurrah ! 



DOROTHY. They've been carrying grain now for two 

 hours and are about done. I'm glad they saved it from 

 sprouting, and glad the Robbers didn't get it if they wanted 

 it, and glad there are not enough Robbers in the nest to 

 keep our ants from going after their grain. Yes, I'm glad 

 all over. You've been figuring. What have 



CECIL. Well, don't get excited. Quit talking if you 

 want me to answer. Here's what our ants have carried 

 from their old home that was captured by the enemy, to 

 their new cave, in the last two hours : 



87 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 4,176 grains of oats. 



87 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 4,176 salt grass seeds. 



26 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 1,278 star thistle seeds. 



47 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 2,256 other seeds. 



2 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 96 loads of mud. 



1 carrier caveward bound 48 times equals 48 dead Eobbers. 



250 carriers caveward bound 48 times equals 12,000 

 But it wasn't the same 250 carriers each time. 

 FLORENCE. The mud, the Robbers explain. 

 CECIL. The mud may be used to plaster up earth 

 cracks to keep enemies out. When our ants went back 

 after their grain, they found forty-eight Robbers in the 

 granary or elsewhere, and had to kill them before the seed 



