As the Bee so sweetly bumbled out the air;

But the Cricket struck another,

And the Robin thought he’d smother

Trying not to let them know that he was there.

Then oh, the Bee declared that “It was shameful!”

And angrily sipped honey from a comb;

“She was ruining her throat

And wouldn’t sing another note

Until the others studied it at home!”

The Cricket said that he