It was a weekend morning, and Ambition was at home on vacation, and he came to the back garden alone to wander around. Suddenly, he remembered that he had planted a fruit tree in the garden with his own hands, and he didn't know what it was growing now. So, he wanted to go and see it, and also water it and weed it by the way.

As soon as he arrived at the fruit tree, he was really frightened by the sight of many caterpillars munching on the leaves, and the fruit tree was already unrecognizable and lifeless. Because of his ambition, he was usually busy with reading and studying, and he had no time to take care of the fruit trees, so that he was completely unaware of the fruit overgrown with pests.

The ambition that is on the top of the anger wants to destroy all these caterpillars, and wants to get rid of them as soon as possible. However, it suddenly noticed that several caterpillars were crawling in a neat line towards the top of the tree, and it seemed that they were also going to eat the leaves. After a little observation by Ambition, he soon discovered that the one that climbed at the front was the leader who took the lead, and as long as it climbed a little bit, the one behind would follow the climb. So, on a whim, Ambition found a long piece of bamboo, laid it flat in front of the leading caterpillar, and let it climb from one end of the bamboo to the top of the bamboo, so that all the caterpillars that followed him climbed onto the bamboo, much to the delight of Ambition, who was completely unaware that he had been misled and toyed with.

Ambition saw that Ambition was having fun under the tree, so he came over to see the excitement, only to see that the caterpillar always climbed from one end of the bamboo piece in Ambition's hand to the other, and from the opposite side of the other end to this end, and so on and so on. At this time, Ambition noticed a flower pot beside him, and said to Ambition: "Ambition, lead the caterpillars on the bamboo pieces to the flower pot and see what happens to them?" ”

Ambition happily agreed, "Okay." Then he led the caterpillars to the edge of the pot, and all they knew was to circle along the edge of the pot. Then, Ambition transferred the other caterpillars on the tree to the edge of the pot according to the law, so that they would be connected end to end and arranged in a dense circle. The caterpillars did not realize that they had fallen into a strange circle, but continued to crawl forward with their efforts, like a long procession, without a head or tail, constantly spinning in circles.

After a while, Ambition fetches some leaves and places them next to the caterpillar team, which he wants to distract the caterpillars, who will have to break up the group if they want to eat food, and no longer march one after the other. So, both ambition and ambition thought: the caterpillar should soon get tired of this senseless crawling and crawl towards the vegetable leaves. But to their surprise, the caterpillar did not do so, and continued to crawl aimlessly.

Ambition is at a loss for what to do. It was at this moment that confidence appeared, but he did not come to join in the fun, but to invite ambition and ambition to play football together, only to see him say in a loud voice: "Eh, man, let's play football together." ”

"Great!" Let's go, Ambition returns.

As for these caterpillars, Ambition didn't care so much at all, he thought that when the caterpillars were tired of crawling or hungry on their own, they would naturally crawl to find food, and then they would play with their friends.

By the time it was almost evening, the ambitious brothers had also gone home tired of playing. At this time, Ambition remembered the caterpillar on the edge of the flower pot, and only heard him ask Ambition, "Ambition, I don't know what happened to those caterpillars now." ”

Ambition replied disapprovingly, "I think they should have climbed back to the fruit trees to eat the leaves." ”

When Ambition thought that his fruit tree was about to suffer again, he said angrily, "Let's go, let's go and see." ”

With that, the brothers went to the back garden. However, to their surprise, the caterpillar did not stop to look for food because it was tired or hungry. The fact is that after Ambition left, the caterpillar continued to crawl along the edge of the pot at the same speed until it finally died of exhaustion and starvation. When Ambition saw them again, the caterpillars were already lying on the edge of the pot, and they were still in their original formation.

In addition, at this time, there are many dense little guys on the edge of the flower pot, fixed eyes, it turns out that these little guys are all ants, they have a sensitive sense of touch and smell, once there is food, they will gather a large number of partners in the shortest possible time, and then everyone works together to carry the food to the nest, no, just those tired caterpillars, for them, it can be regarded as a beautiful meal.

I saw that they first carried the caterpillars from the edge of the pot along the outer wall to the ground, and then worked together to lift the food with chewing mouthparts, and then slowly carried it to the mouth of the nest.

Ambition watched the ants work very happily, and in order to have some fun for himself, he deliberately made a fuss on the path of the ants. I saw that he found a thick round wooden stick and placed it horizontally on the way of the ant, thinking to himself: The ant will definitely be frightened by this sudden setback and flee in all directions.

To his surprise, the ants carrying the caterpillars did not panic, they only paused slightly, and then sent the communication worker ants to check the surroundings and the situation in front of them. The communication workers on both sides moved almost simultaneously and headed in all directions. Soon, the two communication worker ants who climbed to the stick were the first to meet, and after the information of the two sides was docked, they did not turn back, but continued to move forward, and continued to transmit signals to the other side that was cut off. In this way, when the colony carrying the food receives a feasible signal from the other side, it quickly carries the caterpillar and crawls towards the top of the stick. Soon, the ant colony on the other side joined in the move, dragging the caterpillars over the sticks and over them, which just confirmed the adage that the ants carried the insects - all with great effort. In this way, the transport chain, which had been interrupted by the sticks, was reconnected.

Seeing this, Ambition couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect this group of small creatures to have such a collaborative ability, which is really admirable." ”

However, Ambition said disapprovingly: "The difficulty of that stick just now is too low, now, let me go and get a big rock and see what else they can do." With that, he quickly went to the corner of the garden and got a large stone, which once again stood in the way of the ants.

The colony of caterpillars was once again disconnected, but instead of being discouraged and fleeing from the crowd, they immediately sent the communication workers to explore the way, as they had just done, because they had to find the closest road to the burrow, so that they could carry food to the burrow as soon as possible. After a while, the two communication workers who made a detour along the left side of the stone were the first to meet, and after the information of the two sides was connected, they did not turn back as they had just done, but continued to move forward, passing the signal to the other side that was cut off.

Soon, the interrupted transport chain was reconnected thanks to the efforts of the communication workers. Instead of climbing over the large rocks, they chose to bypass the edge of the rocks in order to overcome the obstacles they faced in the most time-saving and labor-saving way, and then successfully carried the caterpillars to the hole in the nest.

At this time, the soldiers of the nest ** moved when they heard the wind, poured out of the nest, and used their huge and well-developed palates to bite the caterpillar insects' bodies. After a while, the soldier ants completely disintegrated and separated the caterpillar insect body, and the worker ants moved it back to the cave for storage.

The ambition who was carefully observing on the side sighed at this: "I didn't expect the little ant to have such a power and dismantle the caterpillar to the point that there is no scum left." ”

However, Ambition didn't have the heart to observe, so he had a plan and said, "There is." Then he went to the big tank and fetched a ladle of water, and said triumphantly to Ambition: "I bet that if I pour this ladle of water into the nest of the ants, they will all be drowned." ”

When Ambition heard this, he immediately stopped: "Ambition, you can't be like this. ”

Unexpectedly, it was still a step slower, and I saw that ambition willfully poured all the water in the scoop into the ant nest. At this time, the ants escaped from their nests one after another, and the ants who were still carrying food received the information, and immediately became chaotic and anxious. Looking at the miserable and embarrassed appearance of the ants, the sullen ambition finally laughed.

An An, who was walking in the garden, heard the laughter and asked kindly, "Ambition, what can make you so happy?" ”

Ambition replied truthfully: "Returning to my father, you see, these ants have been tricked by me to turn around, and I am glad to see them helpless. ”

Unexpectedly, after listening to Anxin, his smiling face suddenly pulled down, and he criticized seriously: "Ambition, how can you be like this?" It is not right to build your own happiness on these weak and diligent ants, you know, everything in the world has its own destiny! All life deserves respect! We cannot take their lives away at will. Do you know why I'm not hunting now? It's because I've learned the true meaning of life! ”

In the face of his father's accusation, Ambition lowered his head, and then replied in a low voice: "I'm sorry, father, I know it's wrong." I promise you that I will restrain my behavior in the future and never make you angry again. ”

After seeing that Ambition sincerely admitted his mistakes, Anxin turned his anger into joy and said: "Child, knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great!" I saw him pause and then said: "Children, don't blame your father for being too strict with you, you must know that you are all responsible for the mission and heavy responsibility, that is, to become a qualified successor to the position of the patriarch, so you must have great love and a broad mind in your heart, so that you can get the trust and support of the people, and build Lingxin Village into a rich and beautiful home." ”

After listening to his father's earnest teachings, ambition and ambition replied in unison: "Children listen to their father's teachings!" ”