The “kid” saw daylight for the first time after getting its life. It took its own time to understand the colony – It had seen other babies grow along and was good at communicating with others and playing with others. It was its mother’s pet – and was not let out work whereas others started working long ago. The father was worried that their kid would be incapable and would be mocked in the colony.
Both the parents had long debates on when the kid could start going to work. After all, the father had seen others boast about their kids; how hard they work and how much they could save because of their kid(s) and here he was sitting dumb and unable to respond - all because the kid’s mother would not let it go out. What could she be afraid of, when others of the same age are able to do it!?
Finally, the day arrived - after the uncountable debates with the mother and that summer had come in and would be gone soon. This is the right time to start working – if this is not the time, then the kid would probably be mocked for the rest of its life and there would not be a way to allow the kid to live its life with respect.
A day of pride for the father who could boast about the kid when talking to the friends; a day of worry for the mother with the thought about how it would fare in this mean and miserable world where nobody cared for others’ well-being. The kid himself was happy, shaky, excited, tense and with a mixture of many other feelings that he could barely control. He went to work with all the knowledge he could gain from his parents and by the end of the day he was sure that everyone who came along was happy with the performance. He was bubbly, provided fresh ideas and fared really well and he was already being compared to his parents for what the kid could achieve in its life. All this on the first day – the day the kid took its first step.
While returning back – the kid could see the mother waiting for the team to get back home before dark. They were returning in a line and the kid was last in line. They were very near the hole when it started raining ‘sugar’. Yes! It was raining sugar! There was no line now – everyone was happy and now started breaking the line especially the newbies. The kid was looking at its mother and wanted to avoid the sugar rain and take shelter and thud..! A flat block fell on the kid’s head and it could not get up anymore and lay dead.
Almost immediately the room erupted with applause - the baby had taken its first step! Everybody was so happy in the room and started kissing the baby and appreciating that it had learnt to walk so soon.
Needless to say, no one in the room saw the kid (ant) die under the (human) baby’s foot.
~ R-Square
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