Note 5 — Chapter I · THE FABLE OF THE CICADA AND THE ANT
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Watch him for a little while. We shall perhaps witness unexpected tribulation. There are many thirsty ones prowling around, in fact; they discover the well betrayed by the sap that oozes from the margin. They hasten up, at first with some discretion, confining themselves to licking the fluid as it exudes. I see gathering around the mellifluous puncture Wasps, Flies, Earwigs, Sphex-wasps,5 Pompili,6 Rose-chafers7 and, above all, Ants.