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OUR BACKDOOR NEIGHBORS 



"Tell me about the most interesting place in 

 the whole wide world," she said. 



The Naturalist protested that he had seen 



The Magic City is the hive, and the inhabitants are the bees. 



very little of the big outside world, and that 

 he really did not know what was the most in- 

 teresting place. 



"Then tell me about the most interesting 

 place that you ever saw," she begged. 



"I will tell you about the most interesting 

 place that I know of," he agreed, "and I will 

 take you to see it for yourself, and you can 

 then tell me whether it is so." 



