the mountain and the ant

once there was a tiny ant <img src="animations\01_ant.gif"> [[>->2]]

she was in love with this majestic mountain <img src="animations\02_mountain.gif"> [[>->3]]

the mountain had so much going on <img src="animations\03_soMuch.gif"> [[>->4]]

rocks, trees, mushrooms, birds <img src="animations\04_rocks.gif"> [[>->5]]

and, of course, lots of ants lived there <img src="animations\05_andOfCourse.gif"> [[>->6]]

the tiny ant did not live in this mountain <img src="animations\06_didNotLive.gif"> [[>->7]]

but she liked to visit it <img src="animations\07_visitIt.gif"> [[>->8]]

to feel the dirt <img src="animations\08_dirt.gif"> [[>->9]]

to see all shades of brown and green <img src="animations\09_shades.gif"> [[>->10]]

to listen to the leaves swaying <img src="animations\10_leaves.gif"> [[>->11]]

to eat some of the seeds on the ground <img src="animations\11_eatSeed.gif"> [[>->12]]

to sense the smell of the grass <img src="animations\12_smellGrass.gif"> [[>->13]]

to breathe the mountain's air <img src="animations\13_breatheAir.gif"> [[>->14]]

was it any different? <img src="animations\14_wasIt.gif"> [[>->15]]

the air, i mean <img src="animations\15_theAir.gif"> [[>->16]]

for the tiny ant, it was <img src="animations\16_itWas.gif"> [[>->17]]

one day she decided to make a stand <img src="animations\17_aStand.gif"> [[>->18]]

she picked up a tiny beautiful simple flower <img src="animations\18_tinyFlower.gif"> [[>->19]]

the flower was common, easy to find <img src="animations\19_wasCommon.gif"> [[>->20]]

but she thought it looked like herself <img src="animations\20_lookedLike.gif"> [[>->21]]

the flower was heavy <img src="animations\21_wasHeavy.gif"> [[>->22]]

but the tiny ant carried it <img src="animations\22_carriedIt.gif"> [[>->23]]

she carried it all the way to the mountain <img src="animations\23_allTheWay.gif"> [[>->24]]

the flower crumpled a little, but still made it <img src="animations\24_crumpled.gif"> [[>->25]]

when the tiny ant finally arrived by the mountain's feet <img src="animations\25_finallyArrived.gif"> [[>->26]]

she took a deep breath <img src="animations\26_deepBreath.gif"> [[>->27]]

and said so many things, so personal <img src="animations\27_saidManyThings.gif"> [[>->28]]

how she felt about the mountain <img src="animations\28_sheFelt.gif"> [[>->29]]

she talked for several minutes <img src="animations\29_severalMinutes.gif"> [[>->30]]

that looked like an eternity <img src="animations\30_eternity.gif"> [[>->31]]

when she finally stopped <img src="animations\31_stopped.gif"> [[>->32]]

silence <img src="animations\32_silence.png"> [[>->33]]

it wasn't expected for the mountain to say anything <img src="animations\33_expected.gif"> [[>->34]]

but the tiny ant involuntarily hoped for something <img src="animations\34_hoped.gif"> [[>->35]]

maybe the wind would change? <img src="animations\35_wind.gif"> [[>->36]]

but nothing, the mountain was perfectly still <img src="animations\36_still.gif"> [[>->37]]

the tiny ant left the ripped crumpled flower by the mountain's feet and walked away <img src="animations\37_leftTheFlower.gif"> [[>->38]]

and for a time <img src="animations\38_forATime.gif"> [[>->39]]

there was a tiny flower <img src="animations\39_thereWas.gif"> [[>->40]]

by the mountain's feet <img src="animations\40_byThe.gif"> [[>->41]]

<img src="animations\41_disassembling.gif"> [[>->42]]

<img src="animations\42_disappearing.gif"> [[>->43]]

<img src="animations\43_nothing.gif"> [[>->44]]

. the mountain and the ant . <img src="animations\32_silence.png"> [[>->1]]