 | [Poems by Dodge in] St. Nicholas book of verse |  |
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THE BEES THAT WENT TO THE SKY
Buzzy Buzz, Wuzzy Fuzz, Dippetty Flop,
All flew up to the cherry-tree top.
“Pooh!” said Buzzy Buzz, “this is n't high!
Let 's keep on till we get to the sky.”
All flew up to the cherry-tree top.
“Pooh!” said Buzzy Buzz, “this is n't high!
Let 's keep on till we get to the sky.”
Upward they went, and they never would stop—
Buzzy Buzz, Wuzzy Fuzz, Dippetty Flop;
“Ah, how jolly!” they started to say—
When ev'ry one of them fainted away!
Buzzy Buzz, Wuzzy Fuzz, Dippetty Flop;
“Ah, how jolly!” they started to say—
When ev'ry one of them fainted away!
The next they knew they were down on the ground,
Three dizzy bumble-bees, frightened but sound;
Never a mortal had heard them drop—
Buzzy Buzz, Wuzzy Fuzz, Dippetty Flop.
Three dizzy bumble-bees, frightened but sound;
Never a mortal had heard them drop—
Buzzy Buzz, Wuzzy Fuzz, Dippetty Flop.
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Humbled and tumbled, and dusty and lamed,
Would n't you think they 'd have been quite ashamed?
But “No, sir,” they buzzed, “it was n't a fall;
We only came down from the sky, that is all.”
Would n't you think they 'd have been quite ashamed?
But “No, sir,” they buzzed, “it was n't a fall;
We only came down from the sky, that is all.”
And now, whenever you see three bees
Buzzing and pitching about by your knees,
You'll know, by their never once venturing high,
They 're the very same bees that flew up to the sky!
Buzzing and pitching about by your knees,
You'll know, by their never once venturing high,
They 're the very same bees that flew up to the sky!
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