What was to be done?
There was no time to wake the people.
What could two boys do against an army?
In an instant Fritz thought of the beehives.
Ah, the bees were awake if the people were not!
Each boy seized a hive and bore it carefully to the edge of the wall.
Then with a strong push down tumbled hives, honey, and bees upon the heads of the enemy.
Such buzzing, such stinging, such shouting as arose!
The boys ran down the stairs to the city hall.