“No, we will play tag,” said the second gold bug.
“I will play nothing but hide and seek,” said the first gold bug.
“And I will play nothing but tag,” said the second gold bug.
“I am going to hide,” said the first gold bug; so he went away and hid himself beneath a clover leaf, but, ah, there was no one to blind, and then go and look for him.
“I will run,” said the second gold bug; so he ran, but, ah, there was no one to catch him. It was not fun to play that way, and there was an end of the matter.
The two green and glittering gold bugs then said they would play at something else, so they went to a tall bell flower to swing.
“I will sit inside, and you shall rock me,” said the first gold bug.
“No, I will sit inside first, and you shall rock me,” said the second gold bug.
So they quarreled as to which should swing first, and in their quarreling they tore a petal of the beautiful bell flower, so they could not swing at all, and there was an end of the matter.