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Could your shore-going ants have managed this ? I have often watched them , when a boy , because my grandmother used to make me do so ; in later days , because I delighted in their industry and perseverance ; but , alas ! in neither case did I profit by their example . `` Now , Freddy , '' the old lady would say , giving her spectacles a preparatory wipe , as she basked in a summer evening 's sun , after a five o'clock tea , `` fetch a piece of bread and butter , and we will see the ants work . Lord bless the boy , if he has n't thrown down a whole slice . Why do you waste good victuals in that way ? Who do you think 's to eat it , after it has been on the gravel ?