Once there lived a bee and
a butterfly in a garden full of colourful flowers. Children came to play in the
garden every day. They loved to watch the beautiful butterfly flutter over them.
But they did not like the bee. They always screamed and ran away every time the
bee buzzed near them.
The bee was very hurt and
said to the butterfly “Why do the children don’t like me? Why do they fear me?
I have done nothing to scare them away.”
“You simply are not
gorgeous like me. No one would look at you or come near you!” replied the
butterfly.
“You are very rude. I will
make the children love me no matter how I look!” said the bee.
So the bee set his mind to
do what he knew best. He made honey for the children. The next day the children
came to the garden with a picnic basket. They sat and ate buns happily. They
left the empty plates on the ground and went to play. The bee poured the honey secretly on their
empty plates. Suddenly, a little girl
came running and saw the bee. “Come here quickly!” she called to the other
children. The children came and saw their plates full of sweet honey. They
looked at it greedily. “The bee had made it for us! Let us try it with some
biscuits. It would taste delicious!” said the little girl. The children ate hungrily
and thanked the bee. From then on the children and the bee became friends
forever.
