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One day I saw some hornets on a bank near our house. I went 

 a Uttle nearer, and saw a hornet which had captured a caterpillar. 

 He tried hard to carry him off, when up came a little ant. He 

 looked at them a moment, and then ran round to the side of the 

 hornet. With a peculiar jump the ant bit the hornet in the side. 

 The hornet did not seem to mind it very much, and went on pulling 

 all the harder at the caterpillar. The ant ran round to the other 

 side, and bit the hornet again. The hornet flew up about an inch^ 

 and came back. He was just going to take hold of the caterpillai', 

 when the ant bit him in the head, and he flew away disgusted. He 

 left the caterpillar to the ant, who, with the help of the family, 

 carried him to their home. 



