Baby-ants are crying, "We want food! We want food!" But there is no food because the Workers are preoccupied with stealing the cake meant for the whole colony. They stash their loot in hidden places. Meanwhile, rats in the hideouts feed on the stolen cake and grow very fat. Princess Unek is overwhelmed by sadness over the deplorable consequences of inordinate greed in the nest. She quits her dancing career to raise a new generation of diligent and honest young ants. Right now, the young ants are marching inside every home in the world. They want to share with humans the secret that has restored peace and abundance to the land of the ants.