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"It will not fall, it cannot fall," he exclaimed! Locking himself in the glass walled room, sealing himself off from the outside world; I will protect it he said. His family looked in at him, sad to see that he was choosing a tower of blocks instead of them. But he had to. Childeren throw things, my wife might try to clean off the table. And the cat! No, never the cat.

But the ant. The tiny ant, seeking the crumb. The crumb that was underneath the base of the tower. The crumb that was holding everything in place. The mighty tower undone by the lowliest of creatures. Man in all his might, humbled, as the tower crumbled.

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