StNicholas [serial] . [This story was begun in the November number.] Chapter X. A VISIT TO THE BEES* COUNTRY — THE QUEENOF THE BEES AND HER COURT — SHE SENDSJOSEY HOME IN HER CARRIAGE. The elephant, with a big red muffler roundhis neck, and the little girl sitting upon his head,and the chipmunk on her shoulder, went downthe mountains the next day. Then the girlbade the elephant good-by, as he was goingback to his own country immediately, in orderto make the Sultan release poor Ahmet. As for Joseyand the chip-munk, they wentstraight to aland that wasall full of rosesand sunshine,humming-birdsan
StNicholas [serial] . [This story was begun in the November number.] Chapter X. A VISIT TO THE BEES* COUNTRY — THE QUEENOF THE BEES AND HER COURT — SHE SENDSJOSEY HOME IN HER CARRIAGE. The elephant, with a big red muffler roundhis neck, and the little girl sitting upon his head,and the chipmunk on her shoulder, went downthe mountains the next day. Then the girlbade the elephant good-by, as he was goingback to his own country immediately, in orderto make the Sultan release poor Ahmet. As for Joseyand the chip-munk, they wentstraight to aland that wasall full of rosesand sunshine,humming-birdsand bees. Ofcourse therewere trees andgrass and otherflowers besidesbut it was theBees country, and they hadmore roses than any otherflowers. The Humming-birds country was near by,and they came in on visitsto the bees. It was a beautiful, beau-tiful place, and as Joseywalked along through the. LAND FULL OF ROSESAND SUNSHINE. flowers, she pulled roses and violets, and madethem into wreaths for herself and the chip-munk. She went on and on and on till she heard agreat humming. It sounded something likesinging and something like a mill and somethinglike water falling, and it turned out to be thevoices of all the bees that were working in thegreat hive. It was on a high green grassy bank, underthe shade of tall elm-trees. Millions and mil-lions of bees were there, working away for dearlife, while the queen sat above, watching them. The queen had wings like rainbows, and acrown that was all one jewel, and a scepterthe rod of which was clear as crystal, while thetip was just like fire. Her servants were fanning her with hum-ming-birds feathers. THE WORRIES OF THE QUEEN BEE. In spite of all the fine things about her, thequeen did not look happy. She seemed wor-ried about something. When she caught sight of Josey she smiledvery pleasantly. You sweet child! she said. Have youcome to
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