diff --git a/1993/ant/README.md b/1993/ant/README.md
index d8e45d594..e509d18b0 100644
--- a/1993/ant/README.md
+++ b/1993/ant/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ For more detailed information see [1993 ant in bugs.md](/bugs.md#1993-ant).
 
 ### Try:
 
-You may also want to try the author's test suite:
-
 ```sh
-make -f ant.test.mk
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/1993/ant/ants.txt b/1993/ant/ants.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50037e126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1993/ant/ants.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching one by one,
+The little one stops to suck his thumb
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching two by two,
+The little one stops to tie his shoe
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching three by three,
+The little one stops to climb a tree
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching four by four,
+The little one stops to shut the door
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching five by five,
+The little one stops to take a dive
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching six by six,
+The little one stops to pick up sticks
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching seven by seven,
+The little one stops to pray to heaven
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching eight by eight,
+The little one stops to roller skate
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching nine by nine,
+The little one stops to check the time
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
+The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
+The ants go marching ten by ten,
+The little one stops to shout "The End",
+And they all go marching down to the ground
+To get out of the rain.
diff --git a/1993/ant/try.sh b/1993/ant/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..331d88553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1993/ant/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1993/ant
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ant ant README.md: "
+echo 1>&2
+./ant ant README.md
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ant '\[' ant.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+./ant '\[' ant.txt
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "Note: the next one should show: ag: Pattern too long." 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ant '[' ant.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+./ant '[' ant.txt
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ant ant ants.txt | cut -d: -f2 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ant ant ants.txt | cut -d: -f2 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run the test suite (make -f ant.test.mk) (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+make -f ant.test.mk | less -rEXF
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 2c710308f..3c805708d 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -1703,6 +1703,12 @@ encourage you to try the original without two args :-)
 # <a name="1993"></a>1993
 
 
+## <a name="1993_ant"></a>[1993/ant](/1993/ant/ant.c) ([README.md](/1993/ant/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/1993/ant/try.sh) script and a data file,
+[ants.txt](/1993/ant/ants.txt), full of ants for the script.
+
+
 ## <a name="1993_cmills"></a>[1993/cmills](/1993/cmills/cmills.c) ([README.md](/1993/cmills/README.md]))
 
 [Yusuke](#yusuke) suggested that with modern systems this goes too fast so he added a call