About a small hole near the top of this dilapidated old tree Teddy Bear caught sight of a lot of bees, coming and going.

Then he knew where that adorable smell came from.

For though, as I think I have said, his experience was extremely limited, his mother had managed to convey to him an astonishing lot of useful and varied information.
"Teddy Bear had an idea that bees, in spite of their altogether diminutive size, were capable of making themselves unpleasant, and also that they had a temper which was liable to go off at half-cock.
Nevertheless, being a bear of great decision, he lost no time in wondering what he had better do.

The moment he had convinced himself that the honey was up that tree, up that tree he went to get it." "Oh!" cried the Babe, in tones of shuddering sympathy, as he felt at his leg and his ear.

"Oh! why _didn't_ he stop to think ?" Uncle Andy did not seem to consider that this remark called for any reply.