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OW that I had taken my first flight 

 into the blue, I felt at last that the 

 world had truly opened for me, and 

 that I was a real bee with duties 

 and responsibilities and without 

 hesitation I accepted them. Rushing around in un- 

 controlled delight, I heard again the laden workers 

 murmuring about the great stores of honey they 

 were taking. It seemed, from what I could gather, 

 that practically all the workers of the hive were 

 directing their course to this new, rich field. 



I was listening as hard as ever I might to all this 

 converse, when an important bee cried out: 



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