Tuesday, July 2, 2013

One Black Ant

I woke up early this morning 5 am, sigh, will I ever relearn the skill of summer sleeping in?  I settled down with a book and a tall glass of Diet Coke on the floor beside me.  As I sipped toward the bottom I found a HUGE black ant floating in the glass.  I've been fighting them for weeks!  Last week I resorted to a poison.  The box says it gets taken back to the nest by the ants, and it promised the rest of the ants will die.  Following the directions I've stopped dashing across the floor to crush the big black ants in hope the poison will take care of the problem.  I guess the ants got the last laugh as this big guy attempted to POISON me!  As a writing teacher I thought about pairing this story with 2 Bad Ants by VanAllsburg!  If I live!!

5 comments:

  1. Ugh! I hope the ants croak, soon. You know you will break the habit of waking early when it is time to go back to school.

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  2. Those pesky ants! That last one at least gave you a story. May victory be close at hand.

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  3. Yikes! I don't like critters and yes, I'm still waking up at 5 am too! I love that you're thinking of pairing F with NF even during the summer. Those last 3 words are the best!

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  4. ANTS!!!! Last year I had an invasion of stink bugs. UGH!!!! They are raining on your reading parade.
    Bonnie

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  5. Ugh...ants! We had an annoying ant issue last summer. Add that to the daughter who, quite literally, panics when she sees a bug and a baby who was newly crawling and very mobile. There was a lot of shrieking and crying, but no poison. Miserable little critters...

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