Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

and the honey was so good and
sweet
Yes, Of course it was sweet" cried
the FIRST voice. But you had NO
right TO take 1t from my flowers. Nov
I'm going to sting you! Bizxzx.x-x.s-xt
Buz-z-z.z-z-z.z! Boz-z-x-x!"
"Oh, my" cried Wissis, there n
going TO be trouble here!"
Shc looked through the bushes and
saw q great, big, bad humble bee get
ting ready to sting the nice butterfly
lady whose house Wuzxie, her brother.
had saved from burning by SQUIRTING
ON 1t water from his rubber ban.
oh, please don't sting met bexsed
the butterfly lady, sorrowfully.
Yes, i will!" growled the bee. and
then and there he stung the poor but
teTfly and with her wings OF yellow
and RED. Then the bad humble bea
new away, saying:
There, | guess you won't take a
more honey from my howers aftsr
"Oh.! dear!" cried the lady butterfly,
"Oh, dear! How that sting hurts me-!
Oh, what shallSI dor Oh, who VIII help
me? Oh. II / could only st DR.. Poe
sum to put something onithe1 bee stinx
so lit would mot hurt so much"
Il Will help yoU! 4 cried Wizxie, cen
ing OUT from behind the bush. TsH
little fox girl was NOT Afraid nov. ~
the bad humble bee had BOwn 10y.
For evon large animals are alEaiA S0f
bees. Sometimes bears take koney
from hollow trees who're tho bese
make it, and the boss sting tie W
bear 80 that, large ~ he 10, - has
to 80 and hold HE nose, in.mudsto sCcol
Of. Mud Is good for bee .stinGs. 4
Il will help YOU said Wteissie. '.rll
put some wat, cool mud on, yonraDti
Miss butterfly, and You WI 'sssaf16a
better"
"oh. how kind Of you, wisesf.
cried the butterfly lady.
We1l, Wixsie found I mud pod2sa.
bat she needed = piece Of sclqehsW1Gh
which to bind the cooling mud o3atEa.
butterdy.s sting.
y don't want to take my clssn5
pocket handkerchief" said the nt&Se
fox girl. for the mud would apoilsfx,
and mamma would not like IL. What
shall I do?" Then she thouGhttofstEe
piece Of silk she had bought for hSr
dolls dress.
II guess I must use that" said tho
little fox girl, with q sorrowful, sigt.
The mud will spoil 1t, of course, butlI
must not let the poor butterfly lady
suffer pain. l AN use an old piece o1
cloth for my dolls dress"
Wiazie did not like to spoil the
pretty piece of silk she had bought
with her penny, but she wanted to Be
kind. So she took the lovely bit or
colored cloth, spread some cool mud
on it, and put it on the place where
the bee had stung the butterfly.
"Oh, that feels lovely" said the
lady butterfly. you are very kind.
little fox girl, I shall never forget YOU.
You have spoiled your piece of silk
for me. but II you will come TO my
house l will give you some more for
your doll a
The butterfly lady new On ahead ana
Wizzie trotted along below on the
ground, and when they reached the
butterly's house the little fox girl was
given "a piece of silk just the color or
the rainbow. So Matilda Turnover
Multiplicationtable had her new dress
after all, and the next day the butter
fly lady's. bee stings were all better.
Which shows you should always be
kind to butterflies.
And tomorrow night. IL the little
kitten who lives next door doesn't
take our milk bottle to play store with,
III tell you about Grandma SharpnOse
onI tho ma nlo 0ltNor st .E5 y EE F ri