“A dirty patch of woods in Somewhere, Virginia. Trucks and buses hummed past on the highway. Between them settled a bleak weekday quiet that reminded Daniel of sickdays. He held his head in his hands and watched ants swarm a hill. The things they carried back to their quarters—bits of corn chips, a crust of bread spread with pimento cheese—were too big for them, yet they shouldered their harvest dutifully He watched with admiration, as if their tireless industry might inspire him to action. But ...all he could do was watch until his little brother came splashing through the brush. “I’ve been looking all over for you. Thought you were in the bathroom.” “Look at these ants,” said Daniel. Pete kneeled, his hands plastered across the blown-out knees of his jeans. “They working their asses off,” he said. Crouching, he watched not the ants but his brother studying the ants. “Anything in particular you want me to take away from this?” Daniel felt a surge in his belly. It might have been a remnant of big-brotherdom, this rumbling, an instinctual attempt to lead his brother out of harm’s way, teach him a lesson.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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