Ants

The boy sat looking down at the ants.

He really liked ants. He liked to watch them go about their business. He liked to count them. They were swarming around something. It looked like a dark blob of something, he didn’t know what. He wasn’t sure what they were doing, but he liked to count them. When there was only half a dozen, it was easy. Today he was looking at dozens. At least forty, he thought. They were acting strangely, he thought, right here in the middle of the concrete path in his back garden. He sighed and looked around. Nothing going on. It would be hard going, but regardless of the number, circumstances would give him a chance to actually count them all. He’d give it a go!

He did have one thing going for him. They were definitely acting strange. Normally, the constant coming and going made it difficult. Once they had found something worthwhile, they’d take off back to the nest with it. At the same time, others would join the scene, and all of this would make counting even harder. However, these guys weren’t going anywhere. No comings and goings. He could only think that they were curious about what it was, but not finding anything worth taking.

He began counting. Because they were all huddled around the same unknown thing, there would be no need for the usual additions and subtractions.

One, two, three…

After several minutes, he stood up.

There was one overriding issue that he always had trouble with…

They kept moving around!

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