黑蚂蚁

There are many kinds of ants in the world， but black ants are the most common. They always live in their nests together. They are the most hard-working creatures and most of them make their homes underground.

The small black ants are busy every day. They run here and there all the time. Sometimes they are in the grasses. Sometimes they are in the trees. They even come to our picnic.

They are not trying to be harmful， but are only doing the house-keeping job. They know how to keep their house clean when they were born. They are the cleaning workers of the earth.

One of these ants， looking around in the grass， finds an injured beetle. In a strange way， the news will be learned by other ants. Soon there are two， then a few more. Then a lot of more ants are running around the beetle. Enough ants will come to put an end to it.

When the beetle is dead， the ants carry it away to their underground nests. An ant can carry things many times heavier than his body. Sometimes they will eat the beetle and leave nothing in the grass but the empty shell.

世界上有各种各样的蚂蚁，但黑蚂蚁是最普通的一种。它们总是群居在自己的巢穴里。它们是最勤奋的生物，而且它们的家大部分都建在地下。

这些小黑蚂蚁每天非常忙碌，整日东奔西跑。它们有时在草丛中，有时在樹上，有时甚至来参加我们的野餐。

它们并无公害，它们只是在打理自己的家务。它们生来就知道怎样打理家务。它们还是地球的清洁工。

一只蚂蚁在草丛中四处张望，找到了一只受伤的甲虫。它用一种奇怪的方法，很快就把这个消息传达给它的同伴。不一会儿，两只，接着，几只，最后有很多只蚂蚁都跑过来围在甲虫身边。这些蚂蚁足够可以把甲虫置于死地。

当甲虫死了之后，蚂蚁们就把它搬走，放到它们地下的巢穴里。一只蚂蚁能搬动数倍于自己身体重量的东西。有时，它们会杀死并吃掉一只甲虫，只在草丛中留下一个空壳。