THE BUSY BEE
Hear the bee.
“Buzz, buzz,” he says.
“Keep out of my way!
I can’t stop for you.”
He is a busy worker.
When the weather is fair he is busy all day.
He flies through garden and orchard.
He visits all the sweet flowers.
He is searching for honey.
All little flowers are glad to have him come to them.
The red clover has more honey than many other flowers.
So the bee and the clover are friends.
The bee gathers honey from all the sweet flowers.
He gathers all he can carry.
Then he flies away.
Over the fields he goes to his hive.
There he stores his honey with care.
He knows the cold winter is coming.
Then he can gather no honey.
There will be no flowers in the fields.
The cold winter winds will blow.
Snow will cover fields and flowers.
But the little bee will be happy.
He will be safe in his snug hive.
There he will keep snug and warm.
Now he can eat his store of honey.
He can eat all he wants.
He will be glad he worked in summer.
He will be glad of his snug warm hive.
He can sleep and rest waiting for another summer.
When it comes he will be busy again.