princes and princesses were streaming 
from other ant hills. The air was full of 
silvery wings. 
Higher and higher flew our tiny 
princess, dancing her wedding dance. 
High in the air she met her prince. 
All the princesses would have long and 
full lives ahead of them. But not the 
princes. The honeymoon was over. 
There was no further use for them. The 
workers in their ant hills would not let 
them return, for the princes did not know 
how to work. Before the wedding the 
workers were willing to support them. 
But now they would simply be a drain 
on the colony. 
Because they did not know how to 
work, the princes could not find food for 
themselves. Because they did not know 
how to defend themselves, they were 
helpless before their enemies. Their 
honeymoon had a terrible ending. Many 
of them were eaten by birds before the 
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