10 
UNDER THE PLANTAIN LEAF 
“Indeed, I know nothing of the 
kind!” said the bee, very indignantly. 
“I claim no relationship with any¬ 
thing so useless as a wasp.” 
“No matter whether you claim it 
or not, the relationship is a very 
stubborn fact,” the ant retorted 
quietly. 
“How do you happen to know so 
much about it?” asked the bee in 
her most stinging voice. 
“Well, the other day one of those 
dreadful things that are called men, 
with that still more dreadful thing 
called a boy, came near my ant-hill 
and sat down. The man told the 
boy that ants and wasps and bees 
belong to a great division of the in¬ 
sect world called—now, let me see; 
