Death of Hjini — Robbery — Restitution. 1 1 1 



bered what had happened to poor Hum, and to her 

 old home, and felt that she had still something to 

 be thankful for. 



Soon after this came a week of wet weather, 

 and the bees were obliged to fall back on their 

 stores. 



" I do wish," said a bee one day, who was working 

 near Buz, " that we hadn't lost all that honey. I 

 declare I'm almost afraid to eat at all now." 



" We have enough to last for a long time, at any 

 rate," replied Buz ; " and I have heard that food is 

 sometimes supplied." 



" Indeed 1 " said the other. " Who suppHes 

 it?" 



"Ah!" replied Buz, with an important air— she 

 was rather proud of being able to give information 

 now, instead of, as formerly, always asking questions 

 herself — " You will be surprised to hear that." 



" The only thing that surprises me is that any one 

 should supply it." 



" I was told," said Buz, " by a bee who had heard 

 it from a very old friend of hers, that the man who 

 stole the honey will very likely try to make up for 

 it by giving us some other food." 



" That would be curious, I must say," admitted 

 the other. " I wonder why he does it. Perhaps," 



