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understand me, although I can under¬ 
stand them easily enough.” 
“Of course,” buzzed the wasp. 
“Who could not learn to understand 
them, when they say the very same 
thing day after day, and year after 
year?” 
“And not at all clever, at the 
best,” added the bee. 
“Well, never mind the hens,” said 
the ant. “Let us talk of something 
more interesting than the poor crea¬ 
tures that scratch, scratch, all day 
long in the dirt.” 
“Yes,” put in the wasp, “let us 
talk about ourselves, for instance.” 
“I have noticed,” said the bee, 
“that whenever anyone proposes to 
talk about something interesting, it 
