IX. 



HER STING. 



yTHER 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- 



'out being punished for it. She has a 



dagger for such occasions, and it 



is not her tongue dagger 



either. It is as far from that 



''*^" as it can be, for it is at the 



extreme tip of her abdomen. 



Of. course, belonging to Miss 

 Apis, it is a remarkable dag- 

 ger. Sharp I Myl If 

 you do not believe me, 

 •just touch it. 

 Sharpness, however, 

 is not unusual in dag- 



Be careful, Miss Apis I 



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