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harmful than himself, and the gardener makes him a 

 welcome guest, and is glad to have him in greenhouse 

 or cucumber frame. 

 It is true the bee-keeper does not love him, and can 



The dog was sent packing away with a nasty taste in his mouth 



tell stories like the one of the toad who every evening 

 would place himself in front of a bee-hive on the look- 

 out for any weary bee which fell to the ground, as 

 bees will. Then the toad would hop up to within two 

 inches of the bee, and fixedly regard it with great 

 gravity, at last flashing out his long tongue, with- 



