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home as though all the bears that came after 

 the bad boys who sauced Elisha had been after 

 him. But pretty soon his nose began to swell, 

 and how it did smart and ache ! When he got 

 home to his mother, it was twice its normal 

 size, and he was a comical sight. But the bee 

 who had stung him had been so injured by 

 having the splinter pulled from her tail that 

 she died. That is the penalty that they pay 

 for stinging to this day. The honey-bee who 

 stings you always dies in the act. 



" When the other bees saw the boy jump 

 and clap his hands over his nose, and heard 

 the terrible yell that he gave, they were so 

 tickled that they all vowed then and there 

 that they would fix their tails just like the 

 bee who had stung the boy. So the following 

 day nearly the whole swarm went to the rough 

 tree, of which the bee with a stinger had told 

 them, and slid down it until each had a splinter 

 in her tail. Then all went to the poison plant 

 and poisoned their splinters, and the whole 

 hive were as well armed as the first bee had 

 been. 



