Excerpt from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. 6 of 10 The Complete Woks of James Whicomb Riley The Bumblebee You better not fool with a Bumblebee! -Ef you don't think they can sting - you'll see!They're lazy to look at, an' kind o' goBuzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow, An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out, Danglin' their legs as they drone aboutThe hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in'Ithout ist a-tumble-un out ag'in!Wunst I watched one climb clean 'wayIn a jimson-blossom, I did, one day, -An' I ist grabbed it - an' nen let go -An' "Ooh-ooh! Honey! I told ye so!"Says The Raggedy Man; an' he ist runAn' pullt out the stinger, an' don't laugh none, An' says: "They has be'n folks, I guess, 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more er less, -Yit I still muntain 'at a BumblebeeWears out his welcome too quick fer me!" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. 6 of 10
An' her Ma lives all alone, 'cause her Pa broke up, an' nen Died 'cause they ain't rich again.
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