"UNDER MY GARDEN" "Piera, did you know ants always act in a logical way?" " Is that true?" "Yes!" "Every thing they do, they do for a reason." "In fact there are the workers, the patrollers, the warriors and even kamikazes!" "Really!" "Ants are extremely strong because they are willing to sacrifice themselves for their colony." "The individual works and dies for all the others." "Good Morning Piera." " Good Morning, Sir." "Hello Marco." " Hello." "So?" "What have you done today?" "Everything is good." "I've played." " Had a good time?" "Yes." "Let me see your hands." "I'll wash them right away." "The soil has been turned." "I've noticed it and so have ants." "They didn't go there before." "They had no reason to do it." "Ants suck." " I'm sure there's someone under my garden." "Ants immediately detected the body." "They can observe the earth." " Nonsense." "Not at all!" "His wife has disappeared!" "He killed her!" "If your neighbour buried his wife under your garden how come nobody saw him?" "He did it in August, during my holidays." " But your parents were here." "Yes but they work all day long." "They're never at home." "You're inventing stories." " I'm not inventing any stories!" "Yes, you are, just like every little child!" "His wife has really disappeared." "Yesterday I saw another woman in his house." "Another woman?" "What was she like?" " Naked!" "Was she as beautiful as me?" "Dear lawyer!" "I know you buried your wife under my garden." "In every colony, the queen can't be replaced." "Even if workers could bring up a new queen, they don't." "Most of the times, when the mother leaves the colony, the colony itself tends to die out." "Can I take a look?" "Very nice!" " My mother gave it to me before leaving." "She promised me another one when she comes back from America." "What's up?" "My letter has arrived." "Hello Marco." " Hello." "See the body's over there, where I was." "I took other ants, and they also went down." "You can fool everyone." "You can fool your neighbours, you can fool the police, but you can't fool the ants." "Today I'm wearing white blue-flowered panties." "FOR THE POLICE" "Hello Marco, come on!" "Are you sad?" " The neighbour knows that I have understood everything." "Are you listening to me?" "I'm in danger, you see?" "His eyes shoot daggers at me!" "Hello." "You are Marco, aren't you?" " Yes." "Will they hurt the ants?" " No, they won't hurt anyone, don't worry." "How old are you, Marco?" " Ten." "Are these yours?" "Where is your mum, Marco?" " She left for a job in America." "How long has she worked in America?" " Since last summer." "When I came back from holidays she was already there." "Didn't she say goodbye?" "Marco you wrote that your neighbour..." "The neighbour's wife has disappeared and now there's a naked woman with him!" "Your neighbour and his ex-wife split up and she's back in her own town now." "The neighbour is a bad person." "My dad doesn't even greet him." "Only mum likes him." "Why are you saying that?" " Because she always looks at him." "Does she?" "And so does your neighbour with your mum?" " Yes." "And does your dad know about that?" "Yes, once he got really angry because of that but then they made peace."