34 
UNDER THE PLANTAIN LEAF 
feel if I should meet you and the 
bee some day in a great company, 
and should address each of you by 
her family name, and you should 
be too ignorant to respond to 
yours! And your name is so pretty. 
It is Vespa.” 
“That is not so bad,” said the 
wasp, quite restored to her good 
humor; “but now, if I am not too 
bold, may I ask your family name, 
Miss Ant? And also, if I may be 
allowed -another question, how do 
you happen to be so wise?” 
“My family name,” answered the 
ant, taking no notice of the second 
question, “is Formica. So, although 
our general name is the same, our 
family names are quite different.” 
