
Lucas shouts at his dad to stop, helping the ants to escape. When they reach his house, they find a box of swell jells, but Lucas's father sees the ants and tries to smash them with a fly swatter. Lucas tells them that he isn't a giant and gets picked on by Sid, who does all the same things Lucas does to the ants. Lucas brings two ants with him on the journey, and they ask him what it's like being a giant. His punishment is to work hard like an ant, working in the field, gathering food, defending the colony from wasps and spiders, and taking care of the queen, the worst part of his punishment.Īfter a while, the queen tells Lucas that he has one last test to be set free: he must go home and bring her a Red Sweet Rock (jelly bean). When Lucas is too shocked to even respond to her, the queen takes it as an insult, and orders an ant wizard to shrink the boy down to the size of an ant and take him to trial, where the judge declares him guilty. The ants have enough and tackle and shove Lucas into the queen's chamber, and the queen confronts him about all of the trouble he has caused the colony.

In an attempt to cope with Sid's actions, Lucas projects his anger onto a local colony of ants by spraying them with water, just as Sid has done to him. Sid, the neighborhood bully, continuously bullies Lucas by spraying him with a water hose and stealing his hat. Lucas is a boy who is perceived as "strange" by his peers due to his funny glasses and propeller beanie (hat). Davis, produced by Legendary Pictures and DNA Productions for Warner Bros. It was later adapted into a computer-animated film of the same name by John A. It is about a young boy named Lucas Nickle (also known as Peanut the Destroyer), who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants.

The Ant Bully ( ISBN 0590395912) is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle.
