CHAPTER 1 Attack of the FireAnts 0 0 0 One night a man in California was changing his car s flat tire Suddenly tiny insects started crawling all over him They stung him a hundred times He gasped for air He couldn't breathe And he couldn't get the insects off Luckily a police officer stopped to help He saved the man's
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Quick to Attack The attacking insects were red imported fire ants These creatures are small but mean They use their mandibles to grab on Then they use their stingers to inject venom into their victims They sting again and again The stings burn That s why the insects are called fire
