ant was the last of the caravan and could not follow the path of their partners. A lump of sugar had slipped from the top, breaking into several lumps. One of these he intercepted the pass. For a moment the ant was still on cream paper. Then his front paws to test the lump. Retreated, then stopped. Taking his hind legs and almost fixed point of support, turned itself around in the sense of a clock.
Only then came back.
The front legs stretched in a first attempt to raise the sugar, but failed.
However, the rapid movement caused the lump stay best position for charging.
This time the ant undertook its objective side, lifted the cube and held it over his head. Seemed to hesitate for a moment, then resumed the journey, much slower ride than you brought. Her companions were far away, out of paper, close the socket. Ant stopped exactly at the point where the marching surface, changing color. The six legs noticed a capital N and dark. After a momentary stop, finally break through. Now the area was clear again. Lump suddenly slipped on paper, splitting in two.
Ant then made a tour which included a thorough inspection of both parts, and chose the largest. She carried with her, and advanced. En route, until then free butt appeared crushed. The skirted slowly, and when it reappeared on the other side of the butt, the area had turned dark again, because at that moment the ant traffic took place on an A. There was a slight current of air, as if someone had blown. Ant and rolled sugar. Now the lump is completely disarmed. The ant fell on his legs and began a frantic little run in a circle. Then he seemed to calm down. Went to one of the grains of sugar that had previously lump formed part of the environment, but not charged. When resumed their march had not lost the route.
D passed quickly on a dark and re-enter the area to clear another hurdle was stopped. It was a piece of something, a stick perhaps three times bigger than itself. Recoiled, stepped forward, fumbled the stick, stood still for a few seconds. Then began the task of load. Twice he slipped the stick, but in the end was firmly established, as a sort of inclined mast. When you hover over the area of \u200b\u200bthe second A dark, walking ant was almost triumphant. However, had not advanced one inch from the surface clear paper, when something or someone moved that the ant rolled sheet and more or less folded in on itself. He could only return when he reached the wooden floor.
Five inches was the stick. The ant walked toward him, this time deliberately, as if measuring each sextuple step. Still, he reached his goal, but when stretched out front, new air and ran the stick rolled to a stop six inches beyond semic in one of the slits separating the floorboards. One end, however, emerged up. To the ant, such a position represented somewhat of a facility, since it could make a detour to try the operation from a favorable angle. After half a minute, the task was accomplished. The burden again raised, was now in a position closer to the strict horizontality.
Ants march resumed without ever deviating from its path to the socket. The other ants, with their respective provisions, had disappeared for some invisible hole. On wood, the ant was moving more slowly than on paper. A knot, very rugged, table, meant a delay of more than a minute. The stick was about to fall, but a particular motion of the Ant said body stability. Two inches shorter and a blow rang.
apparently given a blow on the floor. Like the others, the table vibrated and the ant gave a little jump involuntarily, during which lost its load. The stick was crossed on the board next. The next job was to cross the slot, which at that point was quite deep. The ant is pulled to the edge, made a brief advance warning ruffled, but still rushed into the abyss of an inch and a half. It took several seconds to recover, climbing the opposite side of the slot and reappear on the surface of the next plank.
There was the stick. The ant spent some time with him, no other movement that shivers in the front legs. After conducted its fifth loading. The stick was horizontal, but somewhat oblique to the body of the ant. This made a sudden movement and then the load was better-off. A half meter was the socket. The ants moved in the old address, which happened in that space correspond to the grain. Now the pace was fast and the stick did not seem to be at lower risk of collapse. Two inches from his goal, the ant stopped, again alerted. Then, from above came a thumb, a human finger width, and thoroughly crushed load and ant.
MARIO BENEDETTI: "Death and Other Surprises"
Source: http://www.defensanimal.org/
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