CHAP. XXIL——-TOM MAKES ENEMIES OF TIE
WASPS.

EYSHE wasps, who were first cousins to the
bees, did not make honey like them, nor
had they houses built for them in nice gardens.
They lived anywhere, in houses of their own,
called wasp-bikes, which looked as though

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they were made of grey paper. Whenever
Tom saw a wasp, he carefully moved out of
his way, for they seemed to think him an
enemy, and to wish to sting him. A number
of them lived on the banks of the stream
where the tall pink and blue flowers grew,
and where ‘T’om fell in when he was a very
little boy. He and Archie used often to peep
at the wasp-bikes, taking care that none of
the wasps saw them doing so. But one day
they fairly caught Tom.