I PREFER A LAZY BEE

Once I saw a little bee

Sitting very quietly

On a baby elder tree.

Coming near to the young bee

I reproached him scornfully,

Saying, "You're not busy, bee."

Instantly the wicked bee

Made himself to busy be

By most cruelly stinging me.

Since that time I never see

Any busy buzzing bee

But I wish he'd lazy be.