Chapter 31
Eric landed on all six feet.
There was a small pop of displaced air as Peter appeared beside him.
Before Eric could see what was going on he was bowled head over heels, tramped on, and slammed into a dirt wall a dozen times. He was finally kicked off into an empty corridor. He stood, shaking his head to clear it. A moment ago he’d been arguing with Valerie in an Indian tea stall.
“Hi,” a gigantic black ant, as big as he was, jumped into the mouth of the side-tunnel. Eric backed away raising his forelegs until he realized it was Peter. And that he himself was an ant.
He would have sagged to the ground if he’d had less than six legs. “We’re ants.”
Peter nodded and twitched his antennas together in what looked like a laugh, “You’re quick, you are.”
“Not quick enough to join
