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CONVERSATION VI. 



Uncle Philip tells the Children about Ani- 

 mals that can do Mason's Work. 



" UNCLE PHILIP, we saw a very strange 

 thing just now ; as we were coming, we saw a 

 great many bees flying by us, and each one 

 was carrying a little stone." 



" That was strange, indeed. Did you find 

 out any thing about them ?" 



" We asked a man who was near what they 

 did it for, and he said that they carried the 

 stones to prevent the wind, which is blowing 

 pretty fresh, from tossing them about too 

 much." 



" That is a very silly story, boys, though it 

 is a very old one : for I have seen them carry- 

 ing what you call stones when it was quite 

 calm, and there was no wind to blow them 

 away. The man was very ignorant, or he 

 would have told you another story, which 

 would have been both strange and true." 



