“I wouldn’t have had it late for anything!” Jack spoke sadly.
“You were teaching us so kindly,” said Mary Frances; “that was the reason you forgot. Oh, I’m so sorry.”
“If you appreciate my lesson so much,” Jack said, smiling, “the Queen won’t mind at all.”
“How glad we are!” cried the girls.
“And now,” Jack went on happily, as Bet danced around; “now, I will begin a story about one cousin—
A Wicked Innkeeper
As you know, plants hang out signs to attract Mrs. Bee and Mrs. Butterfly and other insects to the feast they have spread—the pollen and the nectar feast. The signs are the attractive colors of the flowers.
One flower that hangs out a very pretty little white sign is the Sundew. The sign seems to say to the passing fly or gnat, “Come, rest upon one of my pretty, sparkling leaves, and take a meal at my pretty white blossom-table. Stop at Sundew Inn.”
The little fly is charmed with the cordial invitation, and lights down upon one of the leaves which glisten all day with a substance that looks like dew.