ou lived in a hive-tree?"

"Yes, a lot of us bees have our hive in a hollow tree in the woods, not
far away. It is there we store the honey we gather from Summer flowers,
so we will have something to eat in the Winter when there are no
blossoms. Would you like to see the bee tree?"

"Indeed, I would," Uncle Wiggily said.

"Follow me, then," buzzed the bee. "I will fly on ahead, very slowly,
and you can follow me through the woods."

Uncle Wiggily did so, and soon he heard a great buzzing sound, and he saw
hundreds of bees flying in and out of a hollow tree. At first some of
the bees were going to sting the bunny uncle, but his little friend cried:

"Hold on, sisters! Don't sting this rabbit gentleman. He is Uncle
Wiggily and he saved me from being drowned."

So the bees did not sting the bunny uncle, but, instead, gave him a lot
of honey, in a little box made of birch bark, which he took home to Nurse
Jane.

"Oh, I had the sweetest adventure!" he said to her, and he told her about
the bee tree and the honey, which he and the muskrat lady ate on their
carrot cake for dinner.

It was about a week after this, and Uncle Wiggily was once more in the
woods, looking for an adventure, when, all at once a big bear jumped out
from behind a tree and grabbed him.

"Oh, dear!" cried Uncle Wiggily. "Why did you do that? Why have you
caught me, Mr. Bear?"

"Because I am going to carry you off to my den," answered the bear. "I
am hungry, and I have been looking for something to eat. You came along
just in time. Come on!"

The hear was leading Uncle Wiggily away when the bunny uncle happened to
think of something, and it was this--that bears are very fond of sweet
things.

"Would you not rather eat some honey than me?" Uncle Wiggily asked of the
bear.

"Much rather," answered the shaggy creature, "but where is the honey?" he
asked, cautious like and foxy.

"Come with me and I will show you where it is," went on the bunny uncle,
for he felt sure that his friends the bees, would give the bear honey so
the bad animal would let the rabbit gentleman go.

Uncle Wiggily led the way through the wood to the bee tree, the bear
keeping hold of him all the while. Pretty soon a loud buzzing was heard,
and when they came to where the honey was stored in the hollow tree, all
of a sudden out flew hundreds of bees, and they stung the bear so hard
all over, especially on his soft and tender nose, that the bear cried:

"Wo