"But you can't get through that little opening." And here it did look as if there was some reason in Bogie Man's words.
"I can try, can't I?" said Billy.
"Halt—buzz-z—halt!" cried all the Bee Sentries, presenting their sting bayonets.
"I'm coming in," said Billy, preparing to jump.
"You do so at the peril of your life," cried the principal sentry.
"I have done so many things that way lately," answered Billy, "that I've quite grown used to it."
"Halt! Halt! I say."
"Oh! don't. Please don't risk it. Remember I'm an old man and a sting might prove fatal." And Bogie Man trembled like a leaf.
"But I'm a friend of Princess Honey Girl. I'm not going to harm her," said Billy, thinking it was at least worth while attempting a friendly entrance.