Chapter II 
FAMILY FTAMES 
he ant did not seem in the 
A least offended. “Thank you, 
Miss Wasp,” she said modestly. “It 
is very kind of you to look at the 
matter in that way. It is like many 
other things in this world; it seems 
queer at first, but is very easily ex¬ 
plained. The trouble is that most 
of us are not willing to wait for ex¬ 
planations. We wish to understand 
things all in a minute.” 
“ I am afraid that is true,” ad¬ 
mitted the wasp. “But now we 
should like to hear your explana¬ 
tion.” 
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