MISS FORMICA’S DAY 
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member all that he said, I could 
not spare the time to tell you of it, 
but if you will only keep your ears 
open when the humans are around 
you may possibly hear about them, 
yourselves.” 
“Pshaw,” said the bee, “that would 
be altogether too much trouble! Be¬ 
sides, I never hear much of what 
humans say. I would rather listen 
to my own buzzing.” 
“So would I,” said the wasp; “and 
in that I am sure that both you and 
I show excellent taste. Now listen— 
was there ever any human sound 
that could excel this?” and she be¬ 
gan to buzz with all her might. 
The ant tried her best to make 
herself heard, but her small, weak 
