Excerpt: ...one thinks only of saving the things. That's the principle the bees generally go upon. At first they attack the enemy, in the hope of driving him off. But if they find that he is going to succeed in breaking in and burglarizing the place, then they fling themselves on the precious honey which they have taken so much pains to store, and begin to stuff their honey sacks as full as possible. All they think of then is to carry away enough to keep them going while they are getting established in new quarters. The ...
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Excerpt: ...one thinks only of saving the things. That's the principle the bees generally go upon. At first they attack the enemy, in the hope of driving him off. But if they find that he is going to succeed in breaking in and burglarizing the place, then they fling themselves on the precious honey which they have taken so much pains to store, and begin to stuff their honey sacks as full as possible. All they think of then is to carry away enough to keep them going while they are getting established in new quarters. The trouble with the fool bear who has got us into this mess to-day was that he tackled a bee tree where the outside wood was too strong for him to rip open. The bees knew he couldn't get in at them, so they all turned out after him, to give him a good lesson. When he got away through the underbrush so quickly they just turned on us, because they felt they must give a lesson to somebody." "We didn't want to steal their old honey," muttered the Babe in an injured voice. "Oh, I'm not so sure!" said Uncle Andy. "I shouldn't wonder if Bill and I'd come over here some night and smoke the rascals out. But we can wait. That's the difference between us and Teddy Bear. He wouldn't even wait to clean the leaves off his face, he was so anxious for that honey, and his revenge. "This time he went up the tree slowly and quietly, keeping out of sight all the way. When he was exactly on a level with the entrance he braced himself solidly, reached his right paw around the trunk like lightning, got a fine hold on the edge of the new crack, and wrenched with all his might. "A big strip of half-rotten wood came away so suddenly that Teddy Bear nearly fell out of the tree. "A lot of bees came with it; and once more Teddy Bear's head was in a swarm of little darting, piercing flames. But his blood was up. He held onto that chunk of bee tree. A big piece of comb, dripping with honey and crawling with bees, was sticking to it. Whimpering and pawing at his face, he...
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Paul Bransom, Illustrator. Good in Fair jacket. Book New York: MacMillan, 1921. Later Printing. Good/Fair. Paul Bransom, Illustrator. Brown boards with illustrated cover (two wolves looking straight at you). No wear to boards and book is very clean except for rear board which has a stain at base. Black lettering and small wolf head illustration on spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name in light pencil on front free endpaper. 300 pgs. with delightful illustrations by Paul Bransom. Tattered dust jacket has 2-1/4" piece missing at base of spine, 1" piece missing at top of spine, edge chipping and closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Paul Bransom. Good+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First printing. 300 pp. plus advertisements and 8 plates. Moderate shelfwear. The spine is slightly slanted. The hinges are cracked. An unmarked copy.