IX. 
HER STING. 
THER things than birds sometimes 
catch Miss Apis, toads and frogs, for 
stance, and sometimes boys do it; but 
no boy catches her in his fingers with- 
WV: being punished for it. She has a 
dagger for such occasions, and it 
_is not her tongue dagger 
AK: =f either. It is as far from that 
< ) as it can be, for it is at the 
“Uf extreme tip of her abdomen. 
é Of course, belonging to Miss 
Apis, it isa remarkable dag- 
{ ger. Sharp! My! If 
My you do not believe me, 
| just touch it. 
Sharpness, however, 
= Be careful, Miss pis is not unusual in dag- 
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