The Queen Bee, and Other Nature Stories

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Ewald Carl. The Queen Bee, and Other Nature Stories

PREFACE

A DEDICATION

EWALD'S DANISH NATURE STORIES

The Queen Bee

The Anemones

The Mist

The Beech And The Oak

The Dragon-Fly and the Water-lily

The Weeds

The Sparrow

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THE farmer opened his hive. "Off with you!" he said to the bees. "The sun is shining, and everywhere the flowers are coming out, so that it is a joy to see them. Get to work, and gather a good lot of honey for me to sell to the shopkeeper in the autumn. 'Many a streamlet makes a river,' and you know these are bad times for farmers."

"What does that matter to us?" said the bees. But all the same they flew out; for they had been sitting all the winter in the hive, and they longed for a breath of fresh air.

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Then she went away. But the little grub had heard all she said.

"Dear me!" she thought; "it is really a pity about the little princesses. They are certainly very uppish, and they have not been nice to me, but still it would be sad if the wicked queen killed them. I think I will tell the old growler outside in the passage all about it."

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