"Bzzz!—bzzz!—bzzz!" said the Bee.

"Hoh!" said the Ant. "Bzzz! What a queer combination! It doesn't spell anything."

"Well, who said it did?" retorted the Bee. "I never pretended to be a Spelling Bee."


WILLIE'S GAME.

"Willie, you mustn't mock people when they speak. It's very impolite."

"I didn't mean to be impolite, mamma. I was just playing I was the echo."

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Begun in Harper's Round Table No. 879.