MISS VESPA’S DAY 
71 
“Oh, Miss Apis,” cried the ant, 
running back and forth excitedly, 
“that will not do! You must not 
leave us in this way.” 
“It grieves me very much indeed,” 
said the bee in her most polite man¬ 
ner, “but I have already stayed much 
longer than I should have done ” 
“You do not mean,” said the ant, 
“that, now you have heard all 
about us, you are going off without 
telling your story!” 
“Really, really,” said the bee 
earnestly, “I must not stay > any 
longer to-day.” 
“But,” said the wasp, with a tre¬ 
mendous buzzing, “did we not 
answer all your questions, and tell 
you everything, keeping you amused 
