that they'll hardly notice you," Buster Bumblebee assured him.

So Freddie Firefly promised to be at the house of the Bumblebee family,
in the meadow, at dusk. And he said he would try to bring plenty of his
relations with him, so that there might be one of them to light the way
for each of the honey-makers.

And then Buster Bumblebee hurried away to tell his mother the news.

The Queen praised Buster for what he had done, telling him that in her
opinion he would soon be the wisest person in Pleasant Valley--not even
excepting old Mr. Crow and Solomon Owl.

Buster was so pleased that he made up his mind to stay awake that
evening, in order to see the workers start out for the clover field
after dark with Freddie Firefly and his relations. But when sunset came,
Buster simply couldn't keep from falling asleep.

Not until the next morning did he know how his plan had turned out. And
since it proved to be less successful than he had expected, perhaps it
was just as well that he was not present to hear the remarks that were
made about him.

Even Freddie Firefly said things about Buster that night that would not
have been at all pleasant to listen to.




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