3 Jill to the Rescue The Present

CHAPTER 3 JILL TO THE RESCUE

'Help!' I yell. 'Help!' yells Terry. 'Andy?' says a familiar voice. 'Terry? What are you doing up there?' It's Jill! 'The ants went crazy and turned into a hose!' I say. 'Can you turn the tap off so we can get down?' says Terry. 'Sure thing,' says Jill.

Jill turns the hose off (at the ant-tap)…

and Terry and I fall to the ground with a loud THUMP!

'What did you do to upset the ants?' says Jill. 'They appear to be very agitated.' 'It's Terry's fault,' I say. 'He left the ant farm gate open and all the ants got out and started attacking us.' 'I only left it a little bit open,' says Terry. Jill frowns. 'When it comes to ants,' she says, 'a little can be a lot. I'd better have a talk to them.' She gets down on her knees, makes her fingers into pretend antennas and wiggles them around.

'It's not working,' she says. 'I'm too big. I need to be ant-sized. Can you draw me smaller, Terry?'