Saints: The Fish Who Helped Saint Gudwall
(Helping Ants: Image Source)
Maybe instead of a man and his pupil, I could make it a mother and her child. They're hiding from something, maybe an abusive father or maybe they got evicted from somewhere. They find shelter in a cave in the woods and the child plays in the numerous ant hills outside. When search parties come close, the pair feels threatened. The child is scared by his mother's nervousness and goes out to tell his woes to his ant friends. The colony decides to help hide them and, one by one, they line up and bring a piece of dirt and pile it in front of the cave while the pair sleeps so that a wall is built that hides them from the outside world. As ants are master tunnelers as well, they are able to create underground passageways in and out of the cave so that the mom and kid can come and go as they please. They are totally safe until the danger passes.
Bibliography: You can find this story in the Saints and Animals unit. Story source: The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown (1900).
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