Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 164
He was very wise, and his business was to bite - criminals. When he heard about the bee he thought he would have to go, but the moment he bit took down his shot-gun and cried out, fiercely,that he would blow the top of that old lions headoff, if he could only get a fair crack at him. … showed himself in the street all the relatives of theCriminals got after him. The wasps stung him, a?ame-cock pecked at him, a beetle nipped him, a Two of the liveliest animals in the town were thedonkey and the old cow. They went to the bee,but they danced along as if they did nt care at all
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