Chapter 1 - Ant Hill

Summer was finally here, and Ant Hill was a very busy place. In Ant Hill, there were more busy little ants running around than you could ever count! And they were busy doing lots of different things. Some spent every day just looking for and eating their favorite foods (like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches). Others always went to the pond, where they would swim and play all day. Other ants were busy, but did not play very much. These ants spent all of their time working very hard to make Ant Hill look bigger and prettier for all of the animals who walked by. Everything seemed so wonderful, and the ants of Ant Hill thought that the fun times of summer were never going to end.

But something very sad was also happening in Ant Hill. Most of the ants were so busy doing whatever they wanted, that they kept forgetting to pray. And many of them were no longer listening to Jesus’ voice. This was not good. Why? Because the hard time of winter was coming to Ant Hill very soon, and most of the ants were not ready. 

However, there were still two little ants in Ant Hill who lived differently than the other ants. Their names were Daniel and Noah, and they were best friends. Now, Daniel and Noah loved peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, too. They were ants, of course! And ants love peanut butter and jelly. But Daniel and Noah did not spend all of their time eating and playing. They also spent a lot of time praying and listening to Jesus’ voice.