While all the other ants went off to work, 

Anna was just rolling out of bed yawning and 

stretching her little legs and body. 

She believed following her pleasure was 

much more rewarding.            

Obviously Anna was no ordinary ant; 

she was very independent and did not 

prefer to conform to the crowd, choosing to 

spend the day in search of her own sweet 

delicious confections.

Anna strolled out of the nest onto the patio, using her        

antennas to sense where to find her first treasure. 

She easily slipped through the crevice of a sliding glass 

door, hiking all the way up on to the counter top, fueling 

her ferocious appetite. 

To her good fortunate she spotted a pink pond just up 

ahead. Sprinting over, the fruity fragrance tantalized her 

senses enticing her to stick her tiny, little tongue into the sticky 

sweet substance...

Wooooo, yummmm it was decadent and creamy -

Anna guessed it might be strawberry flavored.

She slllluuuuurrrrped and slllluuurrrped until satisfied

with her first prize of the day.

      “Buuuuurrrrp…Woooops – excuuuse me,” 

      she said aloud to no one in particular, 

       knowing that’s what you say when you belch.   

     Then she yelped,“Woopiiieee!!! Hee hee hee,” 

     giggling and skipping off around the corner 

     in anticipation of her next treat...

Serendipitously she discovered a humongous mountain 

- Ohhh, yuuuum, the scrumptious scent of vanilla 

cupcake! Anna anxiously climbed to the tippity 

top...surrendering to a white fluffy 

cloud...“Weeeeeeee!” she shouted as she took the 

plunge landing with a “pooooofffffff…” into a soft puff of 

gooey frosting. 

Perhaps she was in heaven?

Anna gobbled and gobbled until her teensy tummy   was 

content.Ugghhh – she was stuffed. What a find!   Anna 

was grateful for completing her daily mission.

What could be better? Well, she surmised, sharing   this 

incredible adventure would have made the day perfect.

How gallant of Aaron to carry this treasure all the way back home just to 

surprise her! Anna squealed, “Awwwww Aaaaaarrrrron…” She ran over 

and flung her arms around him for a heartfelt hug and kiss on the cheek. 

She told him this was the most considerate thing anyone has ever done 

for her. 

 Aaron was grinning from antenna to antenna taking pleasure in adorable 

Anna’s delight. He commented, “Hey, you smell delicious…” then he 

kissed her cheek and licked his lips, “and taste like…like candy!”

Anna winked her antenna and flirted, “That’s right Sugar Lips,” then 

declared, “Tomorrow I’d like to give you a lesson on of how to follow 

your bliss. I discovered this awesome place where we can find all kinds 

of sweet treasures - are you in?”

 In which Aaron replied, “Uhhhh, hellloooo you don’t call me Sugar Lips 

for nothing…Yeeeaaa, of course I’m in!”

Ah ha! Jumping up and pulling herself from the sticky 

frosting she licked her arms, legs and feet then slid 

down cupcake mountain, bolted past strawberry ice 

cream pond, glided down the counter top and zipped 

under the door, skipping the rest of the way back to 

the nest, joyfully singing the usual ant victory 

song,“Hurrahhhh… Hurrahhh…!” 

Rounding the corner, she halted. All the other ants 

were parading back from a hard day’s work. The ants 

went marching one by one singing, “Hurrahhhh 

Hurrahhhh…”, but as she watched she thought, I just 

don’t know how to act like all those other ants -they 

may be singing but they do not look cheerful.