Little Red Ant

Alfred was a Little Red Ant who had a very important position at the ant hill under the big tree of the backyard.  He was in charge of counting pieces of leaves, sticks and Little stones that came from other colonies.  He counted them and then store them in the central storage. 

One day, he came up with the idea of using the strongest pieces of leaf to build indoor walls in every house.  Before this idea came, houses at the colony were just holes of dry mud that didn`t have rooms inside.  The idea was completely new for all the members of the colony and when the queen,in an almost reproachfull way, said to Alfred:”This would reduce our leaf storage dramatically”.”What`s wrong with that?”.”It makes room for new people”, he added.

Little Red ant and the rebel workers

Once upon a time, in a red ants’ nest, there was an ant called little Red ant. He was an enthusiastic and hard worker. What’s more, Little Red was very happy working for the government. He was in charge of workers ants who were given the task to construct tunnels so as to enlarge and restore old rooms for the upcoming babies.

One day while little Red and was supervising the ants’ work, he heard them conspiring against the Queen ant. As she was expecting new babies, workers assumed that was time for her to be banished from the nest. The workers felt little affection for the Queen because she was too greedy and made labourers work without any reward in exchange. “We shouldn’t be digging these tunnels.” said an ant. “What’s wrong with that? said little Red ant. “It makes room for new people.” The workers wanted to have a socialist government in which they could have the same rights such as those the Black ants gain.

Unfortunately labourers were just labourers. So they went on caving the tunnels and their dream of a socialist nest was that just a beautiful dream.

LITTLE RED ANT

“Go ahead, bring food, work hard”, ordered the Queen ant.

A bitter cold morning, while the soldier and worker ants marched out the nest, the youngest members of the colony attended their building classes. However, little Red Ant decided to be absent that day. She thought that it could be more useful to help her community.

Since she considered herself the fastest and the cleverest, she started her mission. She was determined to empty the underground chamber before the other members arrived home exhausted.

“The Queen will be proud of me! We need to be prepared to welcome the hundreds of babies she will lay” said little Red Ant. And without a stop she took every seed out of the nest.

When she was resting on her bed to recover after so hard work, the Queen appeared. “Where have you been?...your teacher has been waiting for you for ages!”, she complained angrily. Little Red Ant smiled quietly and took the Queen to the tidy chamber. “No!...You’ve got rid of all our stocked material!”, shouted the Queen. “What’s wrong with that?” said little Red Ant. “It makes room for new people”, she added innocently.

A LITTLE RED ANT, A BIG SURPRISE

It was a Sunday morning and the little red ant was making some reparations in her ant hill. The rain made it fall in and she wanted to give a surprise to her mother before she arrived home.

As her enthusiasm for finishing her ant hill was huge, she did not realize her mother had arrived. She shouted at her daughter: ‘what are you doing? You have made an enormous hole!’ What’s wrong with that? Said little red ant. ‘It makes room for new people’. This is my big surprise for you mum’.

After several days of intensive heat...

After several days of intensive heat, Lucy and her partners were resting under a big green leaf. When they saw a big black ant crying for help, they run away looking for shelter but Lucy realized that she didn´t mean any harm.

Lucy was the first one to talk to the desperate Black Ant to find out what the problem was. The Black Ant began to stutter trying to explain. The flood had destroyed her nest and she lost her way home. Lucy looked at the sky, and saw that the storm was coming, so she offered the Black Ant to spend the night with them in their nest. Lucy’s friends didn´t agree because in the past black and red ants used to fight for food. “Wars were a long time ago” Lucy said “let´s help her”. “What´s wrong with that?” said little Red Ant.  “It makes room for new people”. They discussed for a few minutes whether they accept Black Ant or not.

Finally, they decided to let her stay for a couple of nights. A few days later, the little Red Ant helped Black Ant to find her way back home. From that moment on , there was peace between  Black and Red Ants.

Exquisite Cadaver

She was walking through the woods when a majestic deer appeared. Elizabeth leaned towards it and in his eyes she saw the reflection of her love. Then, she ran desperately to her backyard where he was standing as if he was waiting for someone.

Enthusiastically, she shared this unique experience with the man who always had an advice for her. Thomas Raleigh, the best advisor of Elizabeth, did not have a word this time. His men had told him that Martin, Elizabeth’s French son in law, was planning to kill her. Although Thomas knew that Martin had plenty of reasons to get rid of the Queen, he had never imagined he would dare to do so.

Given this situation, Thomas decided to be extremely cautious in order to prevent any conflict between nations, so he asked his best men to follow Martin and inform him about every movement. The day before of the murder Thomas received a note which read: “Martin went shopping yesterday night”. He bought a pair of shoes and his uniform. He was starting classes at high school the following day . During that day,he was very anxious and nervous because he didn`t know any of his new classmates. He wanted to look not only smart but also nice. After such a tiring day for Martin, he went to bed. Unfortunately, the alarm clock didn`t ring. Despite this, he got up and went to school. After some minutes he was running late to take the school bus. Zack overslept because the night before he was watching the 30th academy awards that took place at the Sony theatre. On the screen Susan Sarandon was climbing up the stage to present the nominees for ‘Best Actress’ and after announcing Rihanna’s name as the winner a particular episode occurred. All the spectators watched how Helen Hunt’s anger could not be hidden. Sofia Coppola said to an E! Entertainment reporter: -‘Helen was furious and in the heat of the moment she balanced over Rihanna stealing the award’. Hunt tried to run away but she was cornered by the security guards. ‘I’m so sorry, I took a bad decision and this is not going to happen again’, she cried while getting close to the window. Finally and surprisingly, Helen Hunt jumped off the window with the Oscar on her hand. Despite of her success as an actress her real goal in life was to become a remarkable tennis player. In her youth she was on the way to be a professional one, but an injured in her knee left her out of the tournaments. After that she started to take painkillers in order to relieve her grief. This shocking episode happened when she played tennis ten years ago. One day she won a prize: a trip to a charming forest where she would find fantastic animals. As she did not believe what people said about that place, she decided to go there. When she arrived at the wonderland she started treking. Suddenly, she was walking through the woods when a majestic deer appeared.

Flash Fiction

1. "Please, repeat after me." "After me." (Aldana, Eliana, Nicolás, Lorena, Paola and Rocío)
2. Lights out! Where's my black cat? (Aldana, Eliana, Nicolás, Lorena, Paola and Rocío)
3. Knock, knock. "Who's that?" "Sam Wang." (Aldana, Eliana, Nicolás, Lorena, Paola and Rocío)
4. Macri got his Venice, Scioli his ocean. (Sandra, Ana and Andrea)
5. Fast as a bullet. All dead. (Sandra, Ana and Andrea)
6. Impossible! No washing machine! Karina said. (Sandra, Ana and Andrea)
7. Black coffee please! Champ’s morning breakfast. (Lucía and Anahí)
8. Everybody is weird. Who is everybody? (Lucía and Anahí)
9. Approaching curve. Curve’s going really fast! (Lucía and Anahí)
10. Flash fiction! Words falling from the… (Lucía and Anahí)
11. Human crossing. Red light. Zebra walk. (Lucía and Anahí)
12. Independence? Ask your parents go away! (Rosario)
13. "How hard is the street!" Alberto Olmedo. (Rosario)
14. Don’t worry… Tomorrow it’ll be worse! (Rosario)
15. “Step by step” said Heather Mills. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
16. Brain washing. Brain Storming. Brain exploded. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
17. Yankees go home! Don’t forget me! (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
18. “My heart will go on” Leo Di Caprio. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
19. “It’s raining men! World Trade Center. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
20. Dust to dust, ashtrays to Roviralta. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
21. “I really love he sea” Alfonsina Storni. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
22. “You’re a lier” Pinoccio said. (Carolina P.C., Sabrina V., Marilú G., Rosario G., Lucía del V., Mariela P.)
23. Twister! Bring my cat back home! (Marilú G.)
24. Shadow is behind you. Run away!(Marilú G.)
25. Big Bang... oh! the world exploted.(Marilú G.)
26. Cellar... gate of hell. Ceiling...heaven? (Marilú G.)
27. Give me a hand, Scioli said.(Marilú G.)
28. Under the table, under you, underwear. (Noelia M.)
29. I really love kids. Michael Jackson. (Noelia M.)
30. Let´s take the tunnel. Diana Spenser. (Noelia M.)
31. In God we trust. Sigmund Freud. (Noelia M.)