Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 157
ss uplifted by the root, 626 THE IiROW.VlES AND THE BEES. [June, In vain some daring Brownies triedTo brush the buzzing plagues aside.Said one, whose features proved to allThat bees had paid his nose a call: I d rather dare the raging main,Than meddle with such things again. And when at last the… … The urgent calls, another cried, Of duty still must rule and guide,-Or in the ditch the sun would seeThe tumbled hive for all of me. But thoughts of what a great surpriseEre long would light the farmers eyesSoon drove away from every brainThe slightest thought of toil or pain. READY FOR BUSINESS.…
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