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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A Rustle In The Grass (1985) is a work of xenofiction and the first novel by British actor, theater director and playwright Robin Hawdon. A peaceful colony of black ants awakens from winter hibernation and finds that not only has their great leader died, but that an army of red ants is heading their way. A young soldier ant called Dreamer is sent as part of an envoy to try and reason with the red ants, while back at the colony the workers threatening revolt after being pushed to the limit of their endurance after a devastation bird attack that nearly destroys the mound.
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Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: The ants observe a human lighting a campfire; when the red ants have almost overwhelmed them, Dreamer uses fire to defeat them.
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Bittersweet Ending
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Bittersweet Ending: The Queen, and therefore the colony survives, but all the other characters except Dreamer perish. And Dreamer himself is left terribly burned and blind.
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Animal Naming Conventions: The ants all have simple, descriptive Meaningful Names - Dreamer, Still One, Fleet, Joker, Dew-Lover, The Spider, Five Legs, etc.
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