Thesuppressionoftheleaderofthefileproducesnothingstriking。
Ifthethingisdonewithoutcreatingadisturbance，theprocessiondoesnotalteritswaysatall。Thesecondcaterpillar，promotedtocaptain，knowsthedutiesofhisrankoft-hand:heselectsandleads，orratherhehesitatesandgropes。
Thebreakingofthesilkribbonisnotveryimportanteither。Iremoveacaterpillarfromthemiddleofthefile。Withmyscissors，soasnottocauseacommotionintheranks，Icutthepieceofribbononwhichhestoodandclearawayeverythreadofit。Asaresultofthisbreach，theprocessionacquirestwomarchingleaders，eachindependentoftheother。
Itmaybethattheoneintherearjoinsthefileaheadofhim，fromwhichheisseparatedbybutaslenderinterval；inthatcase，thingsreturntotheiroriginalcondition。Morefrequently，thetwopartsdonotbecomereunited。Inthatcase，wehavetwodistinctprocessions，eachofwhichwanderswhereitpleasesanddivergesfromtheother。Nevertheless，bothwillbeabletoreturntothenestbydiscoveringsoonerorlater，inthecourseoftheirperegrinations，theribbonontheothersideofthebreak。
Thesetwoexperimentsareonlymoderatelyinteresting。