WINGS AND STINGS.


COMING TO THE RESCUE
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WINGS AND STINGS.
A Tale for the Young.

BY
A. L. O. E.,
AUTHOR OF “THE SILVER CASKET,” “THE ROBBERS’ CAVE,”
ETC. ETC.

How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
Watts.


LONDON:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.
1879.


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Preface.

WHAT is the use of a preface?Most of my young readers willregard it as they would a stile infront of a field in which theywere going to enjoy haymaking;as something which they hastily scrambleover, eager to get to what is beyond. Suchbeing the case, I think it best to make mypreface as short, my stile as small as possible,not being offended if some of my friendsshould skip over it at one bound. To themore sober readers I would say, If you lookfor some fun in the little field which youare going to enter, remember that in haymaking[vi]there is profit as well as amusement;in turning over thoughts in our minds, asin turning over newly-mown grass, we may“make hay while the sun shines,” whichwill serve us when cloudier days arise.

A. L. O. E.


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Contents.

I. THE BIG HIVE AND THE LITTLE ONE, 9
II. SOME ACCOUNT OF A WATERFALL, 26
III. A FLATTERING INVITATION, 36
IV. HOME LESSONS AND HOME TRIALS, 46
V. CONVERSATION IN THE HIVE, 59
VI. A STINGING REPROOF, 69
VII. A WONDERFUL BORE, 8
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