Now, Dugunabi, was a very powerful being with a very curious nature. Dugunabi wondered and pondered and pondered and wondered. What was going on? Why only 7? So one night he turned himself into an ant and crawled into the nest with the 7. He expected to do all of his research under the cover of night, but he fell asleep and overslept, so as the sun came up and the ants were counting they discovered him.