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the smoother side of the old maple. Finally, 

 the queen bee noticed that they were not 

 coming in with honey as they should be and 

 she came to a crack in the tree and peeped 

 out to see what was the matter. 



" The queen at once put an end to the sport 

 for that day by sending them all off for honey, 

 but the sport got so popular that the queen 

 had to make a rule that the bees should not 

 slide down hill, until they had made so many 

 trips to the flowers for honey. After that, 

 the bees would hurry about their work so that 

 they could get a chance to slide. 



" Finally, one day a bee discovered an- 

 other partly fallen tree in the woods and 

 stopped gathering honey to slide upon it. 

 But this tree was not smooth like the first, 

 and before the bee knew what had happened, 

 she had stuck a sharp splinter in her tail. 

 This made it impossible for her to slide any 

 more and it pained her. All of which she 

 thought was punishment for not gathering 

 honey when she ought and leaving the play 

 until later. 



