why questions · Ages 3-5

Why Do Ants Walk in a Tiny Line?

Ants leave smell trails for other ants, so the group can follow the same path to food or home.

The whole story

1. Pip searched beneath the clover on a warm morning and found a sweet crumb.

2. Pip tugged the sweet crumb beneath the clover, but it was wider than her tiny body.

3. Pip pulled the crumb home, leaving a faint smell trail across the sunny soil.

4. Pip reached the nest, where three ants waited beside the doorway.

5. The three ants followed Pip along the smell trail, forming a tiny line.

6. The tiny line reached the crumb, but the crumb still would not move.

7. Pip and the three ants pulled together, and the crumb reached their nest.

8. Ants leave smell trails for other ants, so the group can follow the same path to food or home.

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