CHAP, XX.—TOM MAKES FRIENDS WITH THE
BEES.

KYSHE next time Tom went to see Archie's
A srandpapa and grandmamma, the old
gentleman took them into the garden again.

“ But,” he said, “ I’ve got something else to
show you this time. Archie, you walk on one
side, and Tom, you walk on the other, while
I tell you about what you are going to see.”

Archie walked on the right side, and Tom
on the left. No bird was imprisoned for
stealing under the nets this time, nor was the
gardener working anywhere near.

“Well,” said the old gentleman, “I made
a bargain with my bees. ‘Bees,’ I said, ‘I'll
give you a house to live in, if you'll give me
honey to eat; for I can build houses, but I
can't make honey.’ So I built them the walls