are most carefully hidden, as far below 
ground as the tunnels go. For the red 
ants come mainly to steal eggs and baby 
ants. Red ants are fighter ants. They 
do not live by working. They have other 
ants to do their work. When they do 
not have enough slaves to bring food for 
them, they go out to capture more. They 
carry off the eggs and larvae and pupae, 
so that when these become full-grown 
ants they will be used to the red ants 
and will work for them as they would 
for their own kind. 
Now the ants have done all they can. 
Most of them try to run away to hide 
until the attack is over, for they stand 
little chance against the powerful fighter 
ants. 
Suddenly the red enemies are upon 
the hill. They fall upon the fleeing work¬ 
ers. Many of the workers have their 
legs and feelers torn off. Some have 
their heads torn off, and their bodies live 
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