The ant and the bee
One day a few weeks ago, I heard a shout from outside my studio, “Abba, come here. You’ve got to see this!”
My two granddaughters were crouched in the driveway watching something.
“Look Abba,” one said, awe tinging her voice, “an ant is carrying a bee!”
I kneeled beside them and we sat mesmerized as the ant struggled with its burden.
I wondered aloud how the girls had spotted this astonishing sight that I certainly would have missed.
The younger glanced up at me, her eyes wide with disbelief that I would ask a question with such an obvious answer.
Hands on hips, her voice tinged with exasperation, she replied, “We looked, Abba. We looked!”
Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and authors of Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family, and founders of Green Halloween®.
