48 Buz. 



worked, or whenever things go wrong, do come and 

 let me try to cheer you up ; now do! " 



" I certainly will," answered Buz, " though at the 

 same time, I enjoy my work so much that I don't 

 expect to have to trouble you often ; however it's 

 quite nice of you to think of it," she concluded, " and 

 Ihope we may frequently meet. Now I really must be 

 off. I don't consider my time here has been wasted, 

 but I am perfectly rested, and have plenty to do." 



" I won't try to detain you," said the butterfly ; 

 " and mind, I shall always be most interested in 

 hearing what work you are engaged in, and how it is 

 getting on." 



"And on my part," answered Buz gayly, " it will 

 always be a pleasure to me to see you flying about 

 and looking so pretty. Good-by, dear!" 



" Good-by, good-by ! " echoed the butterfly, as 

 Buz went off. 



For some little time after this, the pretty butterfly 

 sat and thought, but at last, rousing herself with a 

 merry little laugh — " I mustn't become like the snail," 

 she said to herself; "that's not my work, at any 

 rate." 



So away she flew, in the highest possible spirits, in 

 and out, in and out, among the flowers and over 

 the shrubs that grew in the delightful old garden. 



