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1st insertion - Recruitment Flyer
2nd insertion - Plan B




War News

Becherovka will be our "Plan B" Western Cliffs will be next
Our most capable scientists have made another step forward in the testing of Becherovka and its influence on the mind of mammals. Those are said to become friendlier and more likely to negotiate after drinking it. The main thing in our plan is to give the ant-eater enough Becherovka to start the negotiations. For further information, see the 2nd insertion. Last night, our reporters have brought new shocking pictures of the gardens at the Western Cliffs. Furtunately, the attack came when there were no ants working in the gardens. Cliffs now remain evacuated. How long can we keep hiding?

Tink is astounded by his noble mission and his place in Plan B
An ant with a proud name T1-I-53-NK has been voluntarily signed up for the action that should save entire Antia from the long-nosed Beast. He did not admit it in the interview for our paper, but his face was showing endless determination and courage shortly before the fainting. Yes, our land needs ants like this one! Our young ants should try to be like Tink - modest, honest, and valiant! Hail, Tink! Hail, Antia!

The flyer did not succeed Admiral Hrupato sees it differently
The Recruitment Flyer (you will find it in the 1st insertion) is not very popular among young ants. Witnesses say that cowardly ants even start to panic and run away after reading it. Our psychologists have no idea which part of it causes such reactions, but they are trying to figure it out. Not everybody thinks Plan B is going to succeed. The commander of our naval forces, admiral Hrupato, thinks that we will not be able to gather the necessary amount of Becherovka in time. He says we should try to start communication with other intelligent beings, big and smart enough to help us get rid of the ant-eater. For now, admiral Hrupato suggests squirrels and beavers. We will certainly inform you about his brave plan in the future.



Daily Bulletin

First-graders entered the real life Injury at the bridge Miners are satisfied
Last morning, 3897 first-graders firstly tasted education. They were welcomed by the royal consultant for pedagogics and their teacher with a huge piece of sugar, which can be traditionally finished during the school-leaving ball. In their first lesson, the young ants were taught what to do in the case of the ant-eater's attack or an explosion of a puff-ball, which is comprehendable and necessary in these tough times... Last afternoon, a leaf fell on two workers at the Shorter Bridge. Fortunately, the accident took only nine broken legs and one bruised antenna. Yesterday, between two childbearings, our queen has signed the decree promising the increase of the miners' pension. The miners rejoiced and thankfully sent our queen a wagon of nappies.

Pet-lovers live longer They have bit off...
Do you count youself among the pet-keepers? Do you like aphids or other cute animals? In that case, you'll be happy to learn that, according to the latest research of the 'Youth and Pet Center', pet-lovers live longer than others. It said us the reputable scientist doctor W. Hoops. ...more than one can chew. Last night, a group of masked robbers tried to steal the strawberry from the National Museum of Fruit and Vegetables at the Frog Rock. Now, they are lying on the traumatology at the local hospital. Fortunately, doctors say their condition is stabilized now.



Sport Page

Re-film National Geographic!! Steeplechase accident
On the annual weightlifting competition at the Snail Path, the last year's champion of the flyweight category, B3-A-15-NG (named Bang), lifted sixty-seven and a half times his own weight and all that with just three legs! Incredible! Whole anthill knows it already - L7-A-61-NE (also known as Lady Anne), the champion in the 30 centimeters steeplechase, had an accident at the ninth hurdle. The organizers immediately called for the ambulance - the doctor said that it was just a light injury, and miss Lane would get well soon. We are very happy to hear that, because without Lane, it would be no steeplechase anymore...

Lowrock league has its winner
After the long weeks of football matches, of which we surely remember especially the one from Lowfield, where the Gardeners team mashed Oakers 17:16, the Lowrock league has finished. The challenge cup will bear the names of the members of the Valley Plankers team, who scored three times against Tunnelsnails. Tunnelsnails (and mainly their fans) couldn't bear the loss and tried to attack the judge. However, the judge, not even under the pressure of three hundred attackers, didn't change his verdict. The crowd of the fans was finally broken by the police forces using salt and pepper. The judge is all right now and says he doesn't blame anybody for that small argument. So, the Plankers can finally enjoy their well-deserved victory, while the Tunnelsnails ended up on the second place.








Recruitment Flyer of the Army of United Anthills

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I, __-_-__-__ (fill in), voluntarily join the forces of the Army of United Anthills and promise to serve my queen, my homeland and its people, its government and all my kin according to my conscience and consciousness, s'welp me the Great Ant in the Sky and the Great Water in the Ground.

I also swear to help my comrades in arms, whether armed or unarmed, for better or worse, to protect them from danger and so will they protect me. I promise never to dishonour the uniform, to be proud of my rank and to be an example of a brave ant for all others, who will respect me.

I promise not to abuse the advantages emerging from my status, but to share my privileges with the ants who suffered from the fight against the Beast, and to help gladly those weak and downtrodden, poor and ill-fated.

And I also swear to keep the military secret and not to give it away to the Beast, not even in the case it bites off all my legs, for I will still fight.

I promise this in full consciousness from my sheer and unfailing will.

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Plan B - summary

What is our salvation based on?

Finally, the first steps in the fight against the ant-eater have been made. Surprisingly, their aim is not to slay it - the goal of the Plan B is to initiate the peace talks. However, as every young ant knows, the ant-eater is very unwilling to all attempts to negotiate. But now, the tide turns!

For ages, the raindrops have been falling on our homes. But now and then, something strange appeared among the water - and it was Becherovka, which grabbed the attention of the front scientists of our land. Becherovka is falling from the sky periodically, in the times when the huge, slow creatures called 'humans' are passing by - their task is probably to walk across the land and sprinkle it, where it is necessary. Now, we should be grateful for them.

After the brave experiments with mice (where the support of eight hundred policemen was necessary), the secret of Becherovka has been revealed: the mammals become friendly and gentle, they lose all aggressivity and are eager to talk.

After learning this, the Plan B was devised - we have to give this drink of peace to the ant-eater and start the peace talks, which shall bring both sides (but mainly us) many good. General Amron thinks that if we engage our capable diplomats, we could even convince the Beast to eat termits instead of us.

How to give the ant-eater the drink?

Many of our readers have already asked a question: how can we get enough Becherovka, and how can we give it to the ant-eater? In order to do this, our voluntary hero Tink had been chosen, and he gladly accepted his mission to obtain Becherovka.

He will travel across the entire land and place all Becherovka he will find onto the lift-zones. These are specially marked places, where our airborne units will wait to collect the drops. Then, they will fly round the Western Cliffs, across the Snail Path and the Great Canal, and finally drop the drops near the Beast's den.

There, our hero's task will be to give Becherovka to the Beast and prepare it for the negotiations with our kin.

Will it really be that easy?

Many perils will await our hero on his journey - we can name e.g. repellent, which could completely dissolve our bold rescuer, or the window-cleaner, which could flood our Becherovka supplies and thus deprecate it immediately.

We can do nothing but cross all our fingers and hope that Tink will not fail in his mission and all lift-zones will be filled soon.


You can find complete reports from the conference, sketches, life-size puppets of Tink and general Amron, T-shirts, flags and flyers with more details here:
hfsp://ahww.b-plan.ant

You can find more information about Becherovka on the address
hfsp://ahww.becherovka.ant