by: Dian Krisnawati

The Nice Ant

                                                                                                                                     

On a bright morning, a group of ants is seen marching out of the nest looking for food. Joe, look out carrying a violin. Joe is very good at playing the violin. He plays the violin to fill his spare time. That morning the weather is sunny, Joe was playing violin with the feeling of love. He stopped at a tree trunk and continued to play violin. The birds, grasshoppers and butterflies which cross stop and look at Joe which playing the violin.

            "Joe, will you come with me for food? It seems like it would rain later this afternoon. ", says Mandy.

            "Later, I want to play violin first. Do not you see they really enjoy it? ", replies Joe and he plays his violin again.

"All right, then I will find food with the other. See you again, Joe. ", says Mandy and he soon joined with the other ants to find food.

If skies are clear, the ants will go find and collect food to be stored so that when it rains they will not starve. But Joe still play the violin while his friends put food in their nest quickly.

 The afternoon, it rained very heavily. All the ants back to their nest and do its activities, as well as Joe returned to the nest and playing the violin. The rain fell heavily made ​​him hungry. Joe forgot to find food, while the food that he had been discharged. Joe could not resist hunger, so he was limp and could not stand up. Joe is lying on his nest.

            "What is Joe doing in his nest? I don’t hear Joe plays the violin? ", says Sandy, who was hanging out with other ants.

            "Why do not we look into the nest? Maybe he's asleep? ", says Mandy. Sandy and Mandy immediately went to visit Joe's nest which is located not far from their nest. When they got there Sandy and Mandy knocked on the door. They heard Joe cry and they went into Joe’s nest. They saw Joe was lying on her kitchen floor, clutching his stomach.         

            “Joe, are you ok?” asks Mandy.

             “I’m hungry, but there’s no food.” says Joe.

"What do you do when the other ants find food?", Sandy asked.

"I play the violin in the trunk," replied Joe.

Mandy and Sandy felt sorry for Joe so that they return to their homes and brought some of the food they had for Joe. Joe is back healthy after eating food brought by Sandy and Mandy. They ate dinner together in Joe’s nest and Joe returned to play his violin to entertain Sandy and Mandy.