THE NEXT GENERATION

The next generation

   An old mattress was abandoned near an anthill. The ants approached and their queen said:

   -Drag that object into our anthill to our specialist scientist ants study about its utility.

   And while the worker ants obeyed their queen, they talked between them. One of them said:

   -Why do we need to drag this object to our specialist scientist study its utility if we already know that the man used it to rest?

   Other ant answered:

   -Because we need to deepen our knowledge about the rest.

   The ant asked again:

   -And for whom the knowledge about the rest will serve, if we never stop working?

   The ant answered:

   -For the next generations.

   But the ant said:

   -If we continue dragging everything that the men abandon near our anthill, our next generation will be mutant ants!

  (Osmar Batista Leal)             


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