Show THE SANDMAN STORIES STORIES What the Dewdrop Told the Bee One early morning a bee flew down by the water long before his brothers i were up It was a very warm day and Mr Bee wanted to be on hand to gather the first sweets from the flow flow- ers era Near the river rivet there grew a tall Sunflower Sunflower Sunflower Sun Sun- flower but it was to Sweetbrier Rose that Mr Bee flew for his first sip of honey On the bush there hung a beautiful I ful Dewdrop glorious in the early sunlight sunlight sunlight sun sun- light anc and as Mr B Bee alighted close I be beside bede de it the De said Poor Sunflower she sho thinks s that some day she will grow tall enough to reach her I I lover loer and she has no eyes ees for anything anything anything any any- thing but him Her lover questioned Mr Bee Do you mean that plain Sunflower has a lover I have never thought of her heras heras heras as being even pretty Oh no she has not got very great beauty replied the Dewdrop But the story of her love for the Sun is pretty enough for an anyone one to hear Would you like me to tell it to you Mr Bee had a long day before him I and as he had made an early start he felt he cou afford a little time to listen to the story Of course I can only tell you ou what I have heard said the Dewdrop B But ButI t tI I for one am sure sure sure-it it is true f fIt It is said that long long ago Sunflower Sunflower Sunflower Sun Sun- flower was a water named Clytie and she fell in love with the Sun and began to worship him Every morning she was waiting for Ifor him when he rose and watched him himas as he went along his daily course and at last one day her limbs took look root and her face became the Sunflower I which turns on its stem so as always to watch the sun I I dont don't see how you can call him her lover said Mr Bee when Dewdrop Dewdrop Dewdrop Dew- Dew drop finished the story She is s in loewith love lo with him Ill I'll grant you that but how do you ou know he is in love with her Oh I am sure he is for how could he help loving one who Is Is Is' Isso so devoted as Sunflower She always alwa's greets him himIn himin himin in the morning and Is the last one to say good night when he goes down behind the hill sighed the Dewdrop it a beautiful love story It is a very one sided affair I think buzzed the Bee Dee Why didn't she fall in love with a water god She would have been near him and would know if he loved her He lie has nev never r told her he did not love her said the Dewdrop and I Iam Iam Iam am not sure but that Is the best sort of ji it t lover to have one you can love and worship from afar and never have him near enough to know mow his imper imper- Besides Sunflowers Sunflower's story IsSo is isso I Iso I so romantic And here Dewdrop sighed so heavily that she fell from the leaf where she hung Mr Bee flew away buzzing as he went Dewdrop knows nothing of love What I call love is the way the flowers flowers flow flow- ers erg love me giving me honey And Andoff Andoff Andoff off off- he went to visit them and take from them their sweet gift while he gave nothing in return There are many ways of loving I am amI sure you OU will agree I Now which do you think was happier the sunflower or the bee Copyright 1921 by the McClure McClurd N Newspaper News News- s- s I paper Syndicate New York City |