The kid has to decide what he should do about squishing an ant. The ant is trying to convince him not to let his shoe come down and squish him. My favourite part was when the ant was gigantic. I think the boy should not let his shoe come down because what would you want to happen if you were the ant.
So you should not squish ants. Except the red ants because they bite, bite, bite.
This is a gold star book.