FAMILY NAMES 
37 
“Oh, come now, Miss Apis,” said 
the wasp, “what is the use of being 
so sharp at twisting my words? You 
know very well I did not mean that 
we had wandered in our bodies, but 
simply in our conversation.” 
“Of course,” said the ant, who 
was in continual fear lest these two 
troublesome ones should break into 
an open quarrel. “We understand 
that you mean we have wandered 
from the subject of which we were 
talking at first.” 
“Certainly,” the wasp agreed, in 
her most dignified manner, “that is 
exactly what 1 mean.” 
“But, really, I have forgotten what 
the starting point was,” the bee said, 
more pleasantly. 
