MY ANT FAMILY. 41

 

seen, I needed no urging, and went
immediately to the wood pile with
John.

There I saw a sight, indeed. Many
of the hard sticks of hickory wood had
holes bored in them lengthwise, and
hundreds of ants were packed away
in these holes. Strange as it may
seem, these creatures had bored the ©
holes in the wood with their forceps.
Some of these holes were two or three
feet long. The ants were of the largest
kind, as black as jet. Do you know
that ants sleep all winter? It is a
fact. Some time in the fall, these