FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
9 
“I didn't think of it that way, Uncle Jack. I suppose 
I deserved to be stung." 
“They won't hurt you unless you first hurt them. Let's 
go over now and see them." 
Uncle Jack walked slowly over to the tree. Fred, Bess, 
and Marylee followed him, but Buddy was last this time. 
“Stand very quietly," said Uncle Jack. “Do not move, 
and the wasps will not hurt you." 
The children looked into the tree, and there they saw 
the nest. “What a queer looking nest that is!" said Bess. 
“It looks like a piece of gray honeycomb hung upside 
down by a stem." 
