Despite its size, the Carpenter ant moved with surprising speed.  Stefan had to quicken his pace just to keep up.  Like the ant, though, he also had to navigate several obstacles, including dense leaves, fallen trees and the occasional sticky spider’s web.  The ant never strayed from its bee-line course though, headed in one direction and clambering over its own tiny obstacles as it did so.  Stefan wasn’t sure how long he had followed the ant for, but by the time he looked up for a moment from tracking the little creature he found himself surrounded by dense jungle, with no sign of a footpath in any direction.  He looked back briefly, and could just see a glint of sunlight in the distance, which had to be the clearing where the others were.  He considered turning back then, bef...

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