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The Wisdom of the Elders and Tinsy the ant
Ollie, the wise old owl lived in an oak tree was more than three hundred years old
that rose high into the sky. Woody the woodpecker had carved steps into the thick
bark, and a hole for Ollie's house, into the thickest trunk that you ever saw.
"Anyone home?" asks Tinsy. She waited patiently until the owl would make his
appearance.
Ollie, the wise old owl came out, stretched his wings, took a look at Tinsy and
immediately knew what's bothering her. "Not easy to feed one's children, is it?"
Oliver, the wise old owl replied, and told Tinsy to pay close attention so he can give
him an idea, "and don’t tell anyone anything about what I tell you."
With sunrise on the morrow Tinsy and Pearl returned happily along the way back to
Eden Pond.
Picture: Ant on lower branch of Oak next to hole carved in trunk
"We must get organized if we want to bring that lovely grape into our castle," Tinsy
announces. "Can't we chew, grind, and soften the earth in to tunnel to where the
grape is without getting Deborah the bee upset?"
Tinsy straightens herself from toe to her neck, raises her head, and strides forwards.
Even though she could hear buzzing above ground it caused her no bother. "Get
organized and go forth," she shouts to the ants who dig tunnels, "that grape is ours."
Picture: Ants crawling through small hole into which they descend below a grape above ground.
This was a huge task, but it's the nature of ants to organize their work. They dug and
dragged dirt until arriving exactly under the juicy grape. The ant family was very
excited. Suddenly the big grape fell into the hole they had prepared underground.
It was perfect, "we've succeeded in our mission, part of the grape is above the
ground, and a good part of suspended from the roof of the cavern. Let's not waste
any time."
The next morning Devorah the bee started her day's work on the grapes above ground
as though nothing had happened. Everybody in Eden Forest clapped danced, and
burst out in happiness beyond description. Oliver the Wise Old Owl sent some
acorns in honor of the happy occasion.
Picture: Bees pecking at grapes attached to the vine, ants dragging a grape unbothered by bees
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The Ant