AND THE CHILDREN. 
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They got, however, what they wanted,—the prey 
and so they take this and go home. They think they 
have done enough, to get back what they lost, so do not 
pursue the spider farther. The spider in turn is glad to 
get out of reach of the terrible fangs ( mandibles ) of the 
ant. 
Thus we have found two kinds of ants in the same 
nest, soldiers and workers. But there must be some 
others, for we know that there is no family without a 
father or mother. So let us look for something of that 
sort here. 
Aha ! there is one that rarely shows herself. That 
is one of the females. There are more than this one in 
the nest. Notice that she has wings and that her body 
is a little larger than that of the rest. 
Ah, there comes another with wings but consider¬ 
ably smaller ; that is a male. Strange there should be 
so many mothers and fathers in one home is it not? 
However, our Creator has so arranged it and it is all 
very good. 
So then in one nest there are lour aitterent kinds of 
ants,—workers, who do all the work, soldiers, who 
watch for outside enemies, and males and females. 
Now in the fall of the year all the ants that have 
wings fly out into the open air. You probably have seen 
