The Bee-Man of Orn: And Other Fanciful Tales
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THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, N the ancient country of Orn, there lived an old man who was called the Bee-man, because his whole time was spent in the company of bees. He lived in a small hut, which was nothing more than an immense bee-hive, for these little creatures had built their honeycombs in every corner of the one room it contained, on the shelves, under the little table, all about the rough bench on...
MoreTHE BEE-MAN OF ORN, N the ancient country of Orn, there lived an old man who was called the Bee-man, because his whole time was spent in the company of bees. He lived in a small hut, which was nothing more than an immense bee-hive, for these little creatures had built their honeycombs in every corner of the one room it contained, on the shelves, under the little table, all about the rough bench on which the old man sat, and even about the head-board and along the sides of his low bed. All day the air of the room was thick with buzzing insects, but this did not interfere in any way with the old Bee-man, who walked in among them, ate his meals, and went to sleep, without the slightest fear of being stung. He had lived with the bees so long, they had become so accustomed to him, and his skin was so tough and hard, that the bees no more thought of stinging him than they would of stinging a tree or a stone. A swarm of bees had made their hive in a pocket of his old leathern doublet; and w
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; pa ex; I, The Bee-max of Orn 1; II, The Griffin and the Minor Canost 17; III Old Pipes ajv'd the Dryad 38; IT The Queen's Museum 03; V Christmas Before Last; or, The Fruit of; the Fragile Palm 87; YL Prince Hassak's March 114; VII The Battle of the Third Cousiks 138; VIII The Banished King 158; IX Thk Philopbna 168
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