The white ants are not dangerous, but they destroy every
wooden object into which they enter, If white ants get into any wooden object,
such as a table, they (11) the inside of the wood completely.
They can destroy the wooden (12) of a house so completely
that the house falls down. If they eater a box of books, the (13)
box of books will soon be destroyed. But it is easy to keep these ants
away, for they cannot cross water. It is easy to stand the legs of a table in
cups of water, and then they cannot reach it. A nest of white
ants may easily be destroyed by (14) the queen, If a hole is
made down to the bottom of the nest, the queen can usually be found quite
easily, for she is (15) —over an inch long.