The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . NCE on a time aBumblebeeAddressed a Sun-flower. Said be: Dear Sunflower,tell me is it trueWbat everybody says of )U? Eeplied tlie Sunflower: Tell me,pray,How sbould I know wbat people say ?Wby sbould I even care ? No doubtT is some ill-natured tale witboutA word of trutb ; but tell me, Bee,Wbat is it people say of me ? * Ob, no ! tbe Bee made baste to add; T is really not so very got it from tbe Ant. Sbe saidSbed heard tbe Sun bad turned your bead,77. And that wheneer he walks the skiesYou follow him with all your eyesFrom morn till eve
The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses . NCE on a time aBumblebeeAddressed a Sun-flower. Said be: Dear Sunflower,tell me is it trueWbat everybody says of )U? Eeplied tlie Sunflower: Tell me,pray,How sbould I know wbat people say ?Wby sbould I even care ? No doubtT is some ill-natured tale witboutA word of trutb ; but tell me, Bee,Wbat is it people say of me ? * Ob, no ! tbe Bee made baste to add; T is really not so very got it from tbe Ant. Sbe saidSbed heard tbe Sun bad turned your bead,77. And that wheneer he walks the skiesYou follow him with all your eyesFrom morn till eve — ^ Oh, what a shame ! Exclaimed the Sun-flower, aflame,^ To say such things of me ! They knowThe very opposite is so. ^^ They know full well that it is he —The Sun — who always follo\Ys away my head untilI fear my stalk will break; and stillHe tags along from morn till night,Starting as soon as it is light,And never takes his eyes off meUntil it is too dark to see !They really ought to be they 11 be saying I was namedFor him, when well they know t was heWho took the name of Sun from The Sunflower paused, with anger dumb. The Bee said naught, but murmured, H^m ! T was very evident that he Was much impressed — this Bumblebee. He spread his wings at once and flew To tell some other bees he knew, Who, being also much impressed. Said, ? Hm ! and flew to tell the rest. And now if you should chance to field or grove, a Bumblebee,And hear him murmur, ^^ IPtn! th
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