HAPPY 



them to rights. He seems to know everything ; and yet, 

 when he took away some of our honey, in spite of our 

 having vast stores of it, we fought him. The little he 

 took harmed us not at all, and I suppose we fight him 

 because our brothers have done so for centuries. But 

 I talk too much." 



After a rather long flight, and much interesting con- 

 verse, we reached our door again. Crip's experience 

 with the guard was still fresh in his mind, for he clung 

 closely to me for protection. But the guard this 

 time passed him without a word. He had acquired 

 the scent and the note of the hive, and henceforth his 

 life and all the energies of his body would be merged 

 with that of the colony. 



