After 25 year William, a political prisoner is released, all he has is the clothes he stands up in, a few pounds he had saved working in the prison library and his best mate, Jimmy. Jimmy, an ant,lives in a match-box and had been by Williams side for over twenty years. He could understand William, do simple tricks and comfort him in the low times. They were inseparable. William wanted his taste of beer as well as freedom so walked into the first pub he came upon, a spit and sawdust place. He ordered a pint a whilst the barman was pulling his pint he open the match-box and let Jimmy crawl out onto the counter, the barman returned and William, as proud as punch said "You see this ant" "Yeah we"re plagued by them in here" said the barman and squashed Jimmy under his thumb.