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With a piercing squawk the bird shot into the air, flipped over, and came fluttering down facing him  talons outstretched, hooked beak open, eyes a glare. WITH A PIERCING SQUAWK THE BIRD SHOT INTO THE AIR FLIPPED OVER AND CAME FLUTTERING DOWN FACING HIM TALONS OUTSTRETCHED HOOKED BEAK OPEN EYES A GLARE
er again: "What on _earth_? What on _earth_?" But of course there was no answer to that question. And he might have lain hidden there all day, staring out at the bird and marveling, had it not been for a bee which came droning into the thicket straight for him. He had a horror of bees, ever since he had once bumped into a hive by mistake. When he heard that dread sound approaching, his whole body broke into a sweat. All thought of the bird was immediately driven from his head. He could tell from the noise that it was one of those big black-and-yellow fuzzy bees, the ones with the nasty dispositions. Perhaps--the thought paralyzed him--perhaps he was lying on its nest. On it came, buzzing and blundering through the leaves. Suddenly it was upon him, so close that he could feel the tiny breeze stirred up by its wings. All self-control vanished. He beat at it wildly with his hands, burst out of the thicket like an explosion, and smashed full tilt into the bird before he could stop himself. SE AND REPEATED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHAT ON EARTH WHAT ON EARTH BUT OF COURSE THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND HE MIGHT HAVE LAIN HIDDEN THERE ALL DAY STARING OUT AT THE BIRD AND MARVELLING HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A BEE WHICH CAME DRONING INTO THE THICKET STRAIGHT FOR HIM HE HAD A HORROR OF BEES EVER SINCE HE HAD ONCE BUMPED INTO A HIVE BY MISTAKE WHEN HE HEARD THAT DREAD SOUND APPROACHING HIS WHOLE BODY BROKE INTO A SWEAT ALL THOUGHT OF THE BIRD WAS IMMEDIATELY DRIVEN FROM HIS HEAD HE COULD TELL FROM THE NOISE THAT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BIG BLACK AND YELLOW FUZZY BEES THE ONES WITH THE NASTY DISPOSITIONS PERHAPS THE THOUGHT PARALYZED HIM PERHAPS HE WAS LYING ON ITS NEST ON IT CAME BUZZING AND BLUNDERING THROUGH THE LEAVES SUDDENLY IT WAS UPON HIM SO CLOSE THAT HE COULD FEEL THE TINY BREEZE STIRRED UP BY ITS WINGS ALL SELF CONTROL VANISHED HE BEAT AT IT WILDLY WITH HIS HANDS BURST OUT OF THE THICKET LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND SMASHED FULL TILT INTO THE BIRD BEFORE HE COULD STOP HIMSELF
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