of ants and lands

an ant colony which had been living comfortably in their place for quite some time heard of the coming of a colony of migrant ants.
they had a meeting and decided not to welcome the newcomers as there were the worries that whatever special things they had enjoyed so far would be taken away and they would enjoy less of what they had.

the new migrants decided to survive regardless of the inhospitality received. they started building from scratch their own new colony around the existing old one. 'let the local ants enjoy what they already have and we strive to build a new world for ourselves.'

the locals continued protecting the colony that they had ferociously while the newcomers broke their backs digging and burrowing. in the end, the newcomers realised that the world was much bigger than the oyster which the locals had been protecting. hence they did their explorations and expansions.

many years later, the locals were still with their 'special colony' they had protected all this while but the new migrants were rewarded with new findings. but most important of all, the new migrants had learnt from hardship and become self-independent, self-sufficient; equipped with experience to succeed in the vast piece of land not seen by the locals.

so who cares if you were willing to accept newbies or not, if you can survive, you will.

*inspired by real events in the local scenes. ;)