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Both males--human and ant--are determined to solve their separate quandaries, and Bernard Werber cleverly juxtaposes their adventures and those of their survivors. Their stories must somehow be linked, but it will be hundreds of imaginative and educational pages before we come upon the solution.
433 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
" 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 鬲賰乇賴 丕賱鬲卮丕亘賴 賵 鬲丨亘 丕賱鬲賳賵毓貙 乇亘賲丕 賮賶 匕賱賰 鬲馗賴乇 毓亘賯乇賷鬲賴丕 "
" 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 鬲丕禺匕 賯賵鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳賵毓. 賷賱夭賲賴丕 丕賱胤賷亘賵賳貙 丕賱卮乇賷乇賵賳貙 丕賱賲噩丕賳賷賳貙 丕賱賲丨亘胤賵賳貙 丕賱乇賷丕囟賷賵賳貙 胤乇賷丨賵 丕賱賮乇丕卮貙 丕賱賲丨丿亘賵賳貙丕賱賲卮乇賵賲賵賳貙 丕賱賲亘鬲賴噩賵賳貙 丕賱丨夭丕賳賶貙丕賱丕匕賰賷丕亍貙 丕賱丕睾亘賷丕亍貙丕賱丕賳丕賳賷賵賳貙丕賱丕爻禺賷丕亍貙丕賱氐睾丕乇貙 丕賱賰亘丕乇貙 丕賱爻賵丿貙 丕賱氐賮乇貙 丕賱丨賲乇貙丕賱亘賷囟.. 賷賱夭賲賴丕 噩賲賷毓 丕賱丕丿賷丕賳貙 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賮賱爻賮丕鬲貙噩賲賷毓 丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲胤乇賮貙賵噩賲賷毓 丕賱丨賰賲 .. 丕賱禺胤乇 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賴賵 丕賳 鬲賱睾賷 丌賷丕 賲賳 賴匕丞 丕賱丕氐賳丕賮 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕禺乇賶. "
"You just had to wait and the terrified game would enmesh itself without any assistance. Such was the first precept of spider philosophy: There is no better combat technique than to wait for your enemy to destroy himself."
"SKELETON: Is it better to have the skeleton on the inside or the outside of the body? When the skeleton is on the outside, it forms a protective shell. The flesh is safe from external dangers but it becomes flabby, almost liquid, and when something sharp manages to pierce the shell, irreparable damage is done. When the skeleton forms only a fine, rigid rod inside the body, the quivering flesh is exposed to attack from all sides. The injuries are many and permanent, but it is precisely this apparent weakness that forces the muscle to grow hard and the fiber to resist. The flesh evolves. I have seen human beings who had forged "intellectual" armor to shield themselves from adversity. They seemed stronger than most. They said, "I couldn't care less," and laughed at everything, but when adversity managed to pierce their armor, it caused terrible damage. I have seen human beings suffer from the slightest adversity, the slightest annoyance, but still remain open-minded and sensitive to every to everything, learning something from each attack."
"OLD MAN: In Africa, people are sadder about the death of an old man than about that of a newborn baby. The old man represented a wealth of experience that might have benefited the tribe, whereas the newborn baby had not lived and could not even be aware of dying. In Europe, people are sad about the newborn baby because they think he might well have done wonderful things if he had lived. On the other hand, they pay little attention to the death of the old man, who had already lived his life anyway."