FAMILY NAMES 
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“So should I be under those cir¬ 
cumstances,” admitted the wasp. “I 
have noticed that things are pretty 
well evened up all around. We 
none of us have all the good things, 
neither are any of us afflicted with 
all the disagreeable things.” 
“But now, if you will excuse the 
liberty I take,” said the bee, “there 
is one point that looks foggy to me 
yet, in spite of your kind explana¬ 
tions, Miss Ant, and—” 
“Dear me!” interrupted the wasp 
saucily, “I am surprised, Miss Bee, 
to hear that there is anything you do 
not understand! I thought you were 
one of the clever ones who see 
through a thing in a moment.” 
“Come, come, Miss Wasp,” said the 
