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Joaquin 2022-03-24 09:02:55
The whole is greater than the sum of the individual
Don't mess with the ants: the whole is greater than the sum of the individual,
dear Lucas,
you must remember that back
then, every time you were bullied by the big kids,
you would run over us
or flood our homes.
We don't know why you did this,
but we want you to stop doing it, and
we want you to... -
Ruby 2022-03-21 09:02:42
wonderful childhood
I remembered my childhood, and the days when I saw Pipiluru Sisi.
I imagined that there was a golden kingdom in my closet, I imagined that there were little people in the open cans that I could make clothes for them, I used to worry that the bad things about the people around me would be heard by...
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Stan Beals: Hello.
[Lucas screams and turns around. Stan laughs]
Stan Beals: Yep. I was about your age when I flooded my first colony.
[chuckles]
Stan Beals: Brother, those were good times. Good times!
Lucas Nickle: Uh, who are you?
Stan Beals: Stan Beals is the name.
[throws magnet to Lucas]
Stan Beals: Beals-A-Bug Pest Control. Exterminator, eradicator, solver of problems.
[laughs]
Stan Beals: Hey, you must be the Nickle boy, right? Now, your dad ordered my services, but he forgot to sign the contract before he left. Busy Man. Lot on his mind. It happens. So he just told me to talk to you... er...
Lucas Nickle: Lucas.
Stan Beals: Yeah, Lucas. He said "You have my son Lucas sign the contract for me if I happen to forget to before I leave. He's a grown man now." His exact words
[hands contract and pen to Lucas]
Lucas Nickle: Hmm. I don't know. Do you have any references?
Stan Beals: References?
[kills fly from his cigar]
Stan Beals: There's one.
[laughs and slaps a fly on his face]
Lucas Nickle: I don't think I should.
Stan Beals: You don't think you should. You don't think? So who does your thinking for you? Your mommy? Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, what do I do? I'm just a little baby that can't think for myself. Please wipe my little bottom for me. Wipe me. Oh, oh, please, wipe me. Wah wah wah wah wah.
Lucas Nickle: Give me that stupid contract.
[snatches contract from Beals' hands]
Stan Beals: Yes, sir. A very mature decision. "Enjoy a world that's entirely bug free/Just sign right here and leave the killing to me". I wrote that.
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Lucas Nickle: [as Lucas and the ants fly around the house with rose petals] This is Hawaii. We went there last summer. It's got volcanoes and hula dancers and Don Ho and surfboards. And I caught a fish. And these are the pyramids. And these are the pyramids. Well, not the real pyramids. The real ones are lots bigger. Mommo says aliens built them. She's my grandma.
[they fly over to the next fan towards the family picture]
Hova: Oh, are these your nest mates?
Lucas Nickle: Yeah, that's my family.
Hova: Ooh. Which one's the queen?
Lucas Nickle: My sister thinks she is.
[sighs]
Hova: What's wrong?
Lucas Nickle: Nothing, it's just, well... I should have told my mom goodbye. That's all. I can be a real jerk sometimes.
[he cries]
Hova: Lucas, your face is leaking.
Lucas Nickle: Leaking? Oh, no, it's okay.
Hova: Is that what humans do when they're sad? They leak from the face? When ants are sad, we do this:
[shows sad face with big eyes]
