Z (O.S.)

(over a dark screen)

All my life, I've lived and worked in

the big city...

We see:

EXT. AN ANT MOUND - DAY

The camera swoops towards the entrance, then dives inside,

past a couple of tough-looking soldier ants who stand at the

gates of the ant colony like insect bouncers...into an access

tunnel that snakes this way and that, past a row of ants

plodding along...

...and into the MAIN CHAMBER of the colony, a huge, teeming

vista that seems to stretch away forever, filled with ants

rushing here and there on their business. We see -- a

"traffic cop" directing foot traffic, waving his arms like

crazy so both sides move at once -- a column of soldier ants

marching along in formation -- a chain of ants letting down

a matchbox elevator filled with workers.

Z (V.O.)

...which is kind of a problem, since

I've always felt uncomfortably in

crowds.

INT. MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR'S OFFICE - DAY

We join Z, a worker ant with issues. He's lying on a couch,

recounting his woes.

Z:

I feel...isolated. Different. I've

got abandonment issues. My father

flew away when I was just a larva.

My mother didn't have much time for

me...when you have five million

siblings, it's difficult to get

attention.

(pause)

I feel physically inadequate -- I've

never been able to lift more than ten

times my own weight. Sometimes I

think I'm just not cut out to be a

worker. But I don't have any other

options. I was assigned to trade

school when I was just a grub. The

whole system just...makes me

feel...insignificant.

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

(enthusiastic)

Terrific! You should feel

insignificant!

For the first time, we see the ant MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR.

He's a mixture of Tony Robbins and Ron Popiel (the

hyperactive late-night TV huckster, and founder of "Ronco").

Z:

...I should?

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

(hopping around

enthusiastically)

YES!!! You know, people ask me,

"Doctor, why are you always happy?"

And I tell them it's mind over

matter. I don't mind that I don't

matter! Do you get it? Do you get

it?

Z gives a fake smile.

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

(incredibly "up")

Z, we're part of the fastest growing

species in the whole world!

The counsellor rolls down a chart from the wall. An arrow

shows ant population going up, up, up.

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

Ask me why we're so successful.

Z:

Why are we so successful?

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

I'm glad you asked me that question!

The motivational counsellor opens some blinds...and we see a

vista of the ant-filled chamber below.

MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR

What do you see out there?

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