Oh.

I read the whole story. Instead I think I'll just go outside and find an ant-lion hole, get on my hands and knees and chant "doodlebug doodlebug, you better come home, your house is on fire and your children all gone." While gently stirring the hole with a broom straw.

I spent idle hours doing just that as a child. Then I discovered you could find an ant and drop it in the hole and watch the fireworks start...Geo