Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 156
hey belong. Next evening, at the time they set,Around the pine the Brownies metWith tools collected, as they spedFrom mill and shop and farmers shed ;While some, to all their wants alive,With ready hands procured a hive. And then the hive was made to restIn proper style above the nest,Until the… … Ere work began, said one : I fearBut little sport awaits us here;Be sure a trying task we 11 find,For bees are fuss and fire combined.And take him in his drowsy hour,Or when palavering to the flower,The bee, however wild or tame,In every land is much the same ;And those will rue it who neglectTo…
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