Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-23
CHILDREN'S EVENING STORY :

think I'd like some honey"
II know where We can get some
went on the big dog, eagerly. There
is hive of bees not far away.
would go and get some honey out, my
self, but I can't see very well. One
of you could do it much better
will the bees let us have it," ask.
ed Peetie.
"Oh, yes" said the big dog, carless
like. Now | call that rather mean of
him, for he never said a word about
how sharply bees can sting, and
! Peetie and Jackie didn't know that.
"I'll get the honey If you show me
the place. said Peetie, and then
Mother Hubbard's dog said he would,
and started off through the woods,
Peetie and Jackie following. Well,
pretty soon they came to the beehive.
1t stood in deep, dark part of the
woods, where folks seldom came.
Nov. 60 right up and get the hon
ey,'' said the big, black dog to Peetie.
"Take the cover off the hive, reach in
and scoop some honey out. Jackie
end / will wait here for you" and then
that bad. deceitful dog. calling to
Jackie to come with him, went and
hid under the bushes, where the bees
could not find him, for he knew they
would fly out, and buzz angrily around
as soon as Peetie tried to take the
honey.
Well, that's just what happened.
No sooner did Peetie lift the top off
the hive, than the bees swarmed out,
oh. so angry.
They flew right at Peetie and stung
him on his black-spotted nose. They
stung him as many as seven times,
and poor Peetie ran away, bowling,
and didn't get so much as smell OF
honey. Then Jackie peering from the
bushes and seeing what had happened
got angry at Mother Hubbard's dog.
"You knew those bees would sting
my brother!" he cried. ''Why did you
send him after the honey? Why didn't
you go yourself?"
Because | can't see very we'll,
answered the big black dog with a
whine. did they sting you very bad
Peetie, my boy?"
Eyes cried Petite, rubbing his nose
with his paw. they stung me some
thing fierce!"
Gust stick your nose in the COO
mud by that spring." suddenly called
a voice on flower over Peetie's heac
and he looked up and saw the queer
Bee who had flown out Of the hive te
see who was taking her honey. "St1cf
your nose right in the mud she Wen
on kindly. "and that will make 1t fee
better. I'm sorry you were stung."
| So Peetie put his nose in the muc
and it felt better at once. Then tne
Queen Bee looked very angrily at the
big black dog, and she said.
"You ought to be ashamed OF your
self!'
And, would you believe me, he was
and he sneaked off. with his tail be
tween his legs. Then the Queen Bee
called some of her biggest bees anc
had them sting the big dog six times
for playing such trick on Peet1e.
And after that Peetie's nose stop
ped hurting and he and Jackie ex
planned that they didn't mean to both
er the bees and wouldn't have done
it only for Mother Hubbard's dog.
ooh I'll excuse you," said the
Queen Bee kindly, land I'll give you
all the honey you want" which she
did and some besides for the puppy
dogs to take home and, oh, how de-
|licious it was! Peetie. was even glad
he was stung, because the honey was
so good. .,
Now tomorrow nights story will
be about the Bow Vows and the
Guinea Pig-that is, if there is no
frost to freeze baby's pink toes so she
can't wiggle them in her crib in the
morning.