Question: Many children have a "bug period"--a time of life when bugs are a source of endless fascination and learning. Naturalist Edward O. Wilson jokes that unlike other kids, he never grew out of his bug period.

Luckily for this biologist, his lifelong passion for ants has led to a career rich in accomplishments and praise. He is not just the world's foremost expert on the social behavior of ants, but also the receiver of the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzer Prizes for nonfiction. Now, at the age of 80, Wilson has tried his hand at fiction. His first novel, Anthill, combines two of his greatest loves -- his childhood home, Alabama, and the ants that have been his lifelong friends.

Described as a "six-legged Iliad," Wilson's Anthill draws parallels between human and ant societies. Though there are no ant bands, secret police, or schools of philosophy, both ants and man conduct wars, divide themselves into specialized classes of workers, build cities, maintain infant nurseries and cemeteries, take slaves and practice agriculture, though ant societies are more energetic, selfless, and efficient than human ones.

The book's first and third sections deal with the adventures of an Alabama boy, Raphael Semmes Cody, who goes by the name Raff. The boy grows up knocking around the Nokobee woods; he's drawn to its natural wonders, and uses the forest to escape from his parents' unhappy marriage. In the woods he leaves almost no stone unturned as he discovers the forest's rich flora and fauna . Raff grows up and heads to Harvard to study law, but returns later in life to protect the Nokobee from crazy developers. But fans of Wilson's science will be most interested in the book's middle section, where the author inserts a mini-novel describing the trials and sufferings of the ants living in the endangered forest.

Reviews of the book have been mixed. Writing for The New York Review of Books, Margaret Atwood praised Wilson for his first novel, saying that it is highlighted by a diversity of ideas and an imaginative plot. And -- with the exception of some dull preachiness -- it is entertaining. 1. Who never grew out of his bug period?
2. Did he have a lifelong passion for bugs?
3. What has he received for his non fiction work?
4. How old is he?
5. Has he written a fiction?
6. What's the name of the fiction?
7. Where is his childhood home?
8. Who is the main character in Anthill?
9. Did the book receive mixed reviews?
10. What does bug period mean? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Edward O. Wilson
2. yes
3. the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzer Prizes
4. 80
5. yes
6. Anthill
7. Alabama
8. Raphael Semmes Cody
9. yes
10. a time of life when bugs are a source of endless fascination and learning

input: CHAPTER XI. FRAGMENTARY

Mr. Boone's visit lasted but a day. I was a great deal with Colonel Clark in the few weeks that followed before his departure for Virginia. He held himself a little aloof (as a leader should) from the captains in the station, without seeming to offend them. But he had a fancy for James Ray and for me, and he often took me into the woods with him by day, and talked with me of an evening.

"I'm going away to Virginia, Davy," he said; "will you not go with me? We'll see Williamsburg, and come back in the spring, and I'll have you a little rifle made."

My look must have been wistful.

"I can't leave Polly Ann and Tom," I answered.

"Well," he said, "I like that. Faith to your friends is a big equipment for life."

"But why are you going?" I asked.

"Because I love Kentucky best of all things in the world," he answered, smiling.

"And what are you going to do?" I insisted.

"Ah," he said, "that I can't tell even to you."

"To catch Hamilton?" I ventured at random.

He looked at me queerly.

"Would you go along, Davy?" said he, laughing now.

"Would you take Tom?"

"Among the first," answered Colonel Clark, heartily.

We were seated under the elm near the spring, and at that instant I saw Tom coming toward us. I jumped up, thinking to please him by this intelligence, when Colonel Clark pulled me down again.

"Davy," said he, almost roughly, I thought, "remember that we have been joking. Do you understand?--joking. You have a tongue in your mouth, but sense enough in your head, I believe, to hold it." He turned to Tom. "McChesney, this is a queer lad you brought us," said he. 1. Where were they seated?
2. What was nearby?
3. Who was walking towards them?
4. Who couldn't leave Polly Ann and Tom?
5. Where was he being asked to go?
6. What city were they going to see?
7. When would they return?
8. What was going to be made for Davy?
9. What does the Colonel love above all else?
10. Who did Davy ask him to take?
11. What did the Colonel call Tom?
12. Who did he think was a strange guy?
13. What did he tell Davy he had enough smarts in his head to do?
14. How long had Mr. Boone's visit been for?
15. Who acted a bit standoffish?
16. Did that upset anyone in the station?
17. Who was in the station?
18. Who did Colonel Clark take a shining to?
19. Where did he take Davy during the day?
20. Did Colonel Clark ever say what he'd be doing when he left? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. under the elm
2. the spring,
3. Tom
4. Davy
5. Virginia
6. Williamsburg
7. spring
8. a little rifle
9. Kentucky
10. Tom
11. McChesney,
12. Davy
13. to hold it
14. a day.
15. Colonel Clark
16. No
17. captains
18. James Ray and Davy
19. into the woods
20. No