The Little Pink Ant ILLUSTRATED by Antoinette Starkiewicz ©
Everyone knows that ants walk on six legs in gardens all over the world. But, in one special garden all the ants walk on two legs, and in this special garden there is a little girl ant who is pink. She is the only pink ant, so the other ants and creatures call her The Little Pink Ant.
It was not long ago that all the ants in this garden walked on six legs and that the Little Pink Ant was a little black ant. Then one morning it was all changed. Even though the ants did not know why they could now walk on two legs, they were very happy. They could use the spare legs to carry things – just like people use their arms.
Only the Little Pink Ant was not happy. She liked walking on two legs, but she did not like being pink because the other children ants teased her and did not want to play with her.
The Little Pink Ant lives near the top of a fence post with her mother and father.
She loves them very much, and they also love her very much. All three of them often sit together on the fence post during the night, surrounded by love, looking at the stars.
The Little Pink Ant likes people, and she especially likes children. She wants to have many of the things that children have and to do the things children do.
The Little Pink Ant has had many adventures in this garden. The biggest adventure was when she prevented the bad Spider from biting Anastasia, the girl who lives in the big house in the middle of the garden.
The Little Pink Ant knew that this meant she had to stay pink, because if Anastasia had moved to another house then her imagination would have moved with her and the Little Pink Ant would have become a normal little black ant walking on six legs.
This experience taught the Little Pink Ant that making sacrifices for the good of others can give much pleasure. She also learnt the importance of being brave.
Eventually, the Little Pink Ant came to enjoy being pink and different.
Anastasia’s father is a gardener and he takes her with him when he visits people all over the world, and they stay in houses surrounded by lovely gardens.
The Little Pink Ant goes with them, traveling in Anastasia’s pink locket.
In each of the gardens the creatures inevitably have a problem which the Little Pink Ant helps them solve.
She often does this with the help of Mapuf, the magic propeller-umbrella flower, which was a present from Anastasia to thank the Little Pink Ant for protecting her from the bad Spider.