Life as an Ant

June 25th, 2011

Life as an ant…

“Well, the last 50 workers we sent out to the new food supply never returned. We’re taking volunteers for the next expedition.”

“The food that the last guy brought back killed 200 of our best ants. Who wants to go get more?”

“Bob came back half dead and said most of the workers drown in the sugar water and others were attacked by birds. We’re sending you to go get some and bring it back.”

“The entire roof of our complex has been lifted off into the sky. We’re completely exposed here. Start digging!”

“Okay, so you exit the hill and go 3892 paces West North West, which should get you to the edge of the driveway. Then take 587 paces South. Take 12 paces East, then 45 North. Climb to the top of the vertical post, about 821.5 paces. Then look for the grey pipe, it should be within 20 paces of where you reach the top. Climb up that 300 paces, and then it chances to a brown pipe. Follow that another 452 paces, then navigate the black hook and drop down. You should be on a red plastic circle, you need to go to the edge and climb down past the clear plastic. Watch out for birds and other creatures at this point. Most of them are hungry or at very least angry. Then look for the open circles. If you can’t smell the sugar water at this point, you gotta have your nose checked. Do we have noses? Anyway, watch your step, you might need dip down into the hole to get at the sugar water, but don’t go too far, or you might get stuck. Just grab what you need and follow the opposite directions to get back. Do you need me to write that down? I can print you out a Google Map if you like.”