The Battle of the Ants

From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's mock-epic description of a war between red and black ants, observed under a tumbler, parodying human warfare with Homeric grandeur.
Chapter 12: Brute Neighbors
I was myself excited somewhat even as if they had been men. The more you think of it, the less the difference.
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