content: this angered the scholar , and he took his book and struck at them . and they all scattered , wriggling and crawling out of the door . he followed them and dug up the earth in the place where they had disappeared . and there he found an ants ' nest as large as a barrel , in which countless green ants were wriggling around . so he built a large fire and smoked them out .
answer: they all scattered , wriggling and crawling out of the door .
question: what happened after the book struck the knights and the king ?
target: what happened after the book struck the knights and the king ?
references: what happened after the book struck the knights and the king ?