A baby-blue bee
Lived happily
In a hive with other fine fellows
But the baby-blue bee
Was different, you see
For all the other fine bees, they were yellow.
The baby-blue bee
Worked busily
With the others to make a sweet honey
But one lazy bee
Just sat on a tree
Thinking the blue bee was funny.
The rude, lazy bee
Spoke teasingly
“Hey, baby-blue, you’re an odd fellow!
Or maybe, really
You’re not even a bee
For everyone knows a bee must be yellow!”
The baby-blue bee
Looked around sadly
He wanted to be like the others
But the hard-working bees
Wisely agreed
“Dear baby-blue bee, you’re our brother!”
Then the queen bee
Spoke regally
(Though she wanted to fly into a tizzy)
“Why you rude lazy bee,
Do you think you’re a bee?
Don’t you know that a bee must be busy?!”
To the baby-blue bee
She spoke tenderly
“It really matters not that you’re blue
You’re a really fine fellow
Although you’re not yellow
You’re one of us, a busy bee, too!”
So the baby-blue bee
Smiled happily
And was content to be a blue fellow
For he saw he must be
Himself, a blue bee
Even though all the others were yellow!
Said the rude lazy bee
“Please, please excuse me,
I’ve not been a very good fellow.
I am truly sorry
But with help I will be
Like the busy blue bee, only yellow!”
So all of the bees
Lived happily
Working to make their sweet honey
They buzzed and they flew
Most yellow, one blue
But no one ever again thought it too funny!
KOOKY QUEST
Can you find…
… a fly?
… a bee flying in the opposite direction from the others?
… the longest bee?
… two bees with only two stripes? (Black stinger end does not count as a stripe.)
“Fly into a tizzy” = lose control of oneself and express anger or excitement
Odd = strange
Regally = like a queen or royalty would act
Birthday: May 3rd
(c) 2011 CAVenable