Two Bad Ants

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by Van Allsburg, Chris
[ 03. English Easy Reading ] Series: Interactive Read-Aloud Published by : Houghton Mifflin (Boston, Mass.) Subject(s): Mentor Text --Interactive Read-Aloud Year : 1988 03. English Easy Reading Item type : 03. English Easy Reading
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Vernon River Consolidated School Available

The book begins with a scout ant returning home with a gorgeous and mysterious crystal that he presents to the queen ant. The queen decides that it is the most delicious food she has ever tasted. She sends all her aunts to follow the scout ant to find more of the delicious crystal. The journey is a dangerous one because they have to travel through the forest and climb the mounts in order to find the bowl of crystals. The ants end up in a human kitchen, where the treasure they seek lies in a bowl. Happy and excited to get home, the rest of the ants don’t realize that they have left two ants behind in the sugar bowl. The two ants that stayed behind gorge themselves on sugar from the bowl. In the morning, the two ants are violently woken up by a big spoon that lifts them out of the sugar bowl and drops them into a cup of hot brown water. After nearly escaping being swallowed by a human, the ants fall into a toast and a sink. Terrified and exhausted, the two bad ants begin their journey home. Carrying their crystals, the two ants arrive home safely.