Chapter V 
THE BEE’S STORY 
he wasp was just about to 
-S- make a stinging retort to 
the bee’s remark when the butter¬ 
fly said: 
“You industrious creatures seem 
to think that my time is of no 
importance, because I have no work 
to do, but I have a pressing 
engagement in a garden over here 
before the four-o’clocks close, so 
please tell me at once all about 
the case on which you wish me to 
give my opinion.” 
Then, amid much buzzing from 
the wasp and the bee, and many 
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