Almost immediately, 15 of the 30 or so ants charged at Kyle.
'Retreat!' Kyle thought as he vanished behind the hill again.
The ants also ran over the hill and chased him.
"If you would have been a bit less conspicuous, you would only have to deal with a couple of them," Theodor said.
"My idea is great!" Kyle shouted back.
Theodor didn't answer.
Sadly, despite having a greater reach with the stilts, Kyle was not faster than before.
Sure, he made bigger steps, but every step needed a lot more energy.
'I should invent a bicycle!' Kyle thought. 'That would make me faster!'
'But not now!'
Kyle looked back at the charging ants.
Well, his stilts had one advantage, and that was that it was much easier to see the horde of ants.
And what he saw was not nice.
They were gaining ground on him.
However, Kyle just kept running.
After running for a while, he noticed something.
Some of the ants were turning back.
