The building Ant

Once upon a time there was a little ant, Red Ant, who was extremely sensitive. However, the rest of the ants were not such nice people.

Being very young, Red Ant started building a new house. Her friends laughed at her and said to her “Why are you working so hard? Let’s have fun together!” But little Red Ant never gave up her dream. She wanted the house to protect her family, her friends and future ants from the wind.

Day by day she worked so hard while the other ants ate and

laughed. Month by month, year by year she never quit. So old and tired but so inspired she saw her dream came true. In that moment an amazed an

t approached Red Ant and told her “You’ve wasted your whole life building such a big house. And now that you’ve finished it you are about to die”. “What’s wrong with that?, said little Red Ant. “It makes room for new people”. “I’ve never wanted the house to protect myself; I wanted it to protect you, and your friends”, explained Red Ant.

Little Red Ant, admiring her good job, realised that her main aim of helping others was fulfilled. Thus, she decided to take a rest, a long one.

Red Ant is now remembered in the colony because of her kindness.

Plan B: A hungry decision

Once upon a time a big colony of Red Ants was getting ready for the winter season. They had to collect food and keep it in a big store-room.

Little Red Ant was supervising the operation. He asked Big Red Head, his right hand, to go upstairs and have a look at the garden. “Sir, we’re fucked! Big Black Bottoms got ahead of us. They took all the food”, said Big Red Head. “God damn those fat asses! Time for plan B has come. Start immediately”, answered Little Red Ant.

Big Red Head was worried. He thought plan B was wrong. “But sir, are you sure? Don’t you think it’s a bit too soon?”, asked Big Red Head. “What’s wrong with that?”, said Little Red Ant, “it makes room for new people”. “To the retirement house!”, he ordered.

Little Red Marxist

Once upon a time, there was an ant nest in an old-grow forest.

Its inhabitants, the red ants, were preparing themselves to stock up with enough supplies to face the harsh winter. Disagreements arose when the supplies took up most of the space destined to spend the winter.

Little Red Ant proposed to donate the extra supplies to another ant community in order to make some place. “Are you mad? Donating the extra supplies after a whole summer work?” said Big Red Ant. “What’s wrong with that?” said L

ittle Red Ant. “It makes room for new people and at the same time we will be helping others”. The other ants considered that the last book that Little Red Ant had read, The Capital, had influenced him too much.

Eventually, his socialist views were the cause of long clashes a

mong the ants. Consequently, Little Red Ant was exiled from his community. He was accused of being ‘too red’ for such a Capitalist society.