Social Animal

SOCIAL ANIMAL □□□□□□□□□□□ An ant died under my feet. I trifled the whole incident 'She committed suicide! ' I heard some other ants shouting 'It's a murder, it's a murder! ' None heard or just turned deaf ears. Some wasps and bees fluttered around the carcass a while and flew away silently. Again I looked down... the shouts subdued! No more other insects were around. Few drones and queens came out and are yelling something unintelligible at the stranded colonies often swaying their little hands! The ants are moving now in a disciplined line into their anthils. I thought of Aristotle... 'Such a stupid... complimented the savage as a mere animal and praised an unsocial as social! After all, he belongs to my race! '