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HONEY-TAKING, AND AFTERWARDS.
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'And I, if you please,' said Mr. Shinar. Nevertheless the farmer looked superior, as if he could even now hardly join the trifling from very importance of station; and after receiving the honeycomb from Fancy, he turned it over in his hand till the cells began to be crushed, and the liquid honey ran down from his fingers in a thin string.

Suddenly a faint cry from Fancy caused them to gaze at her.

'What's the matter, dear?' said Dick.

'It is nothing, but O-o! a bee has stung the inside of my lip! He was in one of the cells I was eating!'

'We must keep down the swelling, or it may be serious!' said Shinar, stepping up and kneeling beside her. 'Let me see it.'

'No, no!'

'Just let me see it,' said Dick, kneeling on the other side; and after some hesitation she pressed down her lip with one finger to

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