honey from its public stomach, and the 
other ant is ready to take it. The ant 
has been working hard and it is hungry. 
Suddenly, out darts one of the stranger 
ants. It snatches the drop of honey from 
between the two before the hungry one 
can take it, and runs away. 
Bandits! That’s what the stranger 
ants are. Ant bandits! They wait near 
the entrance to the ant hill, knowing 
that many ants laden with food will pass 
by. These bandit ants do not work for 
themselves. They live on the work of 
others. 
But the worker ants do not always 
chase the bandits. They may go right 
on with their work. Up the pathway 
they hurry. At the top of the hill is the 
entrance to their city. 
INTO THE ANT HILL 
At the doorway stands a soldier ant, 
a guard. A real soldier ant has much 
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