THE ANT. 
I MUST say I have not had a very nice walk. All 
went on well till I sat down on a bank to rest ; but 
I did not see that an Ant's nest was on this bank, 
and I sat down so near it, that I was all over Ants. 
I soon got up ; but it was not easy to get rid of 
them all, and I am not sure that I have not some 
on me now. I do not like this, for an Ant can 
hurt a good deal, but not so much as a wasp. The 
Ant is as busy as the bee, and, some time, you will 
like to see its nest, and to look at it at work. The 
nest is made in some dry part of a bank, or on the 
