The Tale of Buster Bumblebee

By Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey was one of the most prolific and popular authors of kids books in the early 20th century. He wrote several dozen books, many of which are still read today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Feb 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781531219390

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THE TALE OF BUSTER BUMBLEBEE

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Arthur Scott Bailey

MILK PRESS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I THE BIG FAMILY

II CHIRPY CRICKET’S ADVICE

III THE RUDE TRUMPETER

IV BUSTER FINDS A SISTER

V MR. CROW TO THE RESCUE

VI JOHNNIE GREEN IS STUNG

VII A JUGFUL OF BUMBLEBEES

VIII BUSTER THE BOASTER

IX THE ROBBER FLY AT LAST

X BUSTER MAKES A SPEECH

XI THE DRONE

XII THE CARPENTER BEE

XIII THE CARPENTER’S PROMISE

XIV BAD NEWS

XV THE PRISONER

XVI THE TWINS IN THE CLOVER PATCH

XVII BUSTER LEARNS OF THE RAISING BEE

XVIII FOLLOWING THE CROWD

XIX THE FEAST AT FARMER GREEN’S

XX BUSTER AND THE FIDDLERS

XXI THE BUMBLEBEE IN THE PUMPKIN

XXII SOMEONE’S MISTAKE

XXIII MAKING GAME OF OLD DOG SPOT

The Tale of Buster Bumblebee

By

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Buster Bumblebee

Published by Milk Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 1949

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I THE BIG FAMILY

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WHEN MRS. FIELD MOUSE MOVED from her home in Farmer Green’s meadow to the more fashionable neighborhood near the gristmill, she had no idea that anyone would care to live in the little old house that she had left.

So she was much surprised, the following summer, when she heard that a new family was occupying her former home.

If it’s a small family they’ll get along well enough, she remarked to Aunt Polly Woodchuck, who had told her the news.

Small! Aunt Polly exclaimed, lifting both her hands (with the black mitts on them) high in the air. They say it’s a dreadful big family—at least two hundred of ‘em, so I’ve been told.

Well, for a moment Mrs. Field Mouse couldn’t say a word, she was so astonished. Then she managed to gasp:

What’s their name?

I declare, I can’t just remember, said Aunt Polly Woodchuck. But it’s a name that rhymes with apple tree—though that’s not quite it.... They’re a very musical family, I understand. My nephew, Billy Woodchuck, passed right by their door only yesterday; and he says he heard music and the sound of dancing from inside the house.

Two hundred of them dancing in that little house! cried Mrs. Field Mouse. Why, it’s positively dangerous! I should think they’d trample one another.

And Aunt Polly Woodchuck agreed, before she went off towards her home under the hill, that there were queer goings-on over there in the meadow.

Later she sent her nephew Billy to tell Mrs. Field Mouse that on her way home she had remembered the name of the big family. It was Bumblebee.

They must be an odd lot, Mrs. Field Mouse remarked to her husband. Farmer Green’s meadow is becoming more unfashionable than ever. And I shall never regret having moved away from there.

So that was Buster Bumblebee’s first home—the old house in the meadow. It was true that the Bumblebee family numbered