90 Buz. 



that she had seen her caught up between two great 

 things, and that she had disappeared all in a moment 

 — that was all she could tell us." 



" But what was that bee about ? " cried Buz. 

 " Surely she did something ? " 



" She said it was all so sudden and unexpected, 

 that she didn't know what to do. She thought it 

 must be the man ; but he was walking quietly away, 

 and by the time she had recovered herself, and made 

 sure thsit the queen was gone, it was too late to do 

 any thing." 



" Oh dear ! but this is all very bad," said Buz. 

 " What next ? " 



" Why, the next thing we did was to come back 

 here. You see," added the bee apologetically, " we 

 had no queen, no honey, and no hive ; so what were 

 we to do ? " 



" I don't know," answered Buz; "but /should 

 have felt ashamed to return." 



" So did we ; we felt verj much ashamed, and have 

 had to listen to all sorts of disagreeable remarks 

 since ; but what were we to do, you know — no queen, 

 no honey, and no hive ! What on earth were we to 

 do?" 



The bee moved off as she said these words, and 

 went away grumbling to herself : " It's all very 



