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You better not fool with a Bumblebee! -- / Ef you don't think they can sting -- you'll see!
They're lazy to look at, an' kindo' go / Buzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow, / An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out, / Danglin' their legs as they drone about / The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in / 'Ithout ist a-tumble-un out agin!
Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way / In a jim'son-blossom, I did, one day, -- / An' I ist grabbed it -- an' nen let go -- / An' "_Ooh-ooh! Honey! I told ye so! _"
Says The Raggedy Man; an' he ist run / An' pullt out the stinger, an' don't laugh none, / An' says: "They _has_ ben folks, I guess, / 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more er less, -- / Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumblebee / Wears out his welcome too quick fer me! "