8 
FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
They saw Buddy stick his head out of the brush and 
look around. Soon he came walking on his toes as though 
he were afraid some one would hear him. He came to 
them, holding one side of his face with one hand, and 
rubbing the back of his ear with the other hand. Poor 
Buddy looked as if he wanted to cry, but he would not. 
“What happened, Buddy?” Marylee asked. 
“About a million wasps tried to sting me, and some of 
them did,” answered Buddy. “I found their nest in that 
tree. I thought that I would just give it a poke and see 
what they would do.” 
“Did you find out?” asked Uncle Jack, with a twinkle 
in his eye. 
“Yes, I did,” said Buddy. “And it was more than I 
wanted to know.” 
“Let's go over and see your wasps' nest,” laughed 
Uncle Jack. 
“You can if you want to,” replied Buddy. “But I have 
seen all I want to see of it.” 
“Buddy, we all have to learn to be careful what we do 
to other people, even if they are only the little people of 
the fields. If a man came along with a great pole and 
poked into the windows of your house, what would 
you do?” 
“I would try to make him stop.” 
“Of course you would, Buddy. And so would Fred or 
anyone else. That is just what the wasps were doing. 
Don't you see that you were breaking their house? You 
were even killing their babies.” 
