In this task, you're given the title of a five-sentence story and the first four sentences. Your job is to write the last sentence of the story such that it seamlessly connects with the rest of the story.
Q: Title: Ants. Sentence 1: Zachary drowned the ants in a bucket of water. Sentence 2: His mother was shocked by his actions, and hit him. Sentence 3: Zachary started crying and asked how she could do that. Sentence 4: She said how he thought the ants felt about drowning.
A:
Zachary realized he had been a bad boy.