not become dark until they went out into 
the sunshine. 
For a short time the new ants did noth¬ 
ing but rest. But they were all worker 
ants, and very soon they began to get 
busy. First they dug their way into the 
open air. Then they went out to find 
food for their mother. They brought her 
this food quickly, for she would die if she 
were left without it much longer. Then 
some of them set to work to dig more 
tunnels and more rooms, so there would 
be space for many more ants. Their life 
of hard work had begun. They would 
live perhaps four years, and they would 
do nothing but work, work, work, every 
waking moment of that time. 
Strong and well fed again, the Queen 
laid more eggs. Some of the older ants 
took up the duties of nursing. It was 
their work to carry the larvae and the 
pupae out of the ant hill for sun baths 
to make them grow faster. They brought 
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