Chapter 41

“I know one, sure enough--the most charming one!” said one of the ants. “But I am afraid we shall hardly succeed, for she is a queen!” “That is nothing!” said the old folks. “Has she a house?” “She has a palace!” said the ant. “The finest ant's palace, with seven hundred passages!” “I thank you!” said Mother Snail. “Our son shall not go into an ant-hill; if you know nothing better than that, we shall give the commission to the white gnats. They fly far and wide, in rain and sunshine; they know the whole forest here…