About the Book
ITHE BIG FAMILY When Mrs. Field Mouse moved from her home in Farmer Greens meadow to the more fashionable neighborhood near the gristmill, she had no idea that anyone would care to live in the little old house that she had left. So she was much surprised, the following summer, when she heard that a new family was occupying her former home. If its a small family theyll get along well enough, she remarked to Aunt Polly Woodchuck, who had told her the news. Small! Aunt Polly exclaimed, lifting both her hands (with the black mitts on them) high in the air. They say its a dreadful big family—at least two hundred of em, so Ive been told. Well, for a moment Mrs. Field Mouse couldnt say a word, she was so astonished. Then she managed to gasp: Whats their name? I declare, I cant just remember, said Aunt Polly Woodchuck. But its a name that rhymes with apple tree—though thats not quite it.... Theyre a very musical family, I understand. My nephew, Billy Woodchuck, passed right by their door only yesterday; and he says he heard music and the sound of dancing from inside the house. Two hundred of them dancing in that little house! cried Mrs. Field Mouse. Why, its positively dangerous! I should think theyd trample one another. And Aunt Polly Woodchuck agreed, before she went off towards her home under the hill, that there were queer goings-on over there in the meadow. Later she sent her nephew Billy to tell Mrs. Field Mouse that on her way home she had remembered the name of the big family. It was Bumblebee. They must be an odd lot, Mrs. Field Mouse remarked to her husband. Farmer Greens meadow is becoming more unfashionable than ever. And I shall never regret having moved away from there. So that was Buster Bumblebees first home—the old house in the meadow. It was true that the Bumblebee family numbered at least two hundred souls. Nobody knew what the exact count might have been; for in the daytime all the members of the family were bustling about, never staying in one place long enough to be counted. And at night they were all too drowsy to bother their heads over anything but sleep. It was true, too, that the Bumblebee family filled their house almost to overflowing—especially when they began to store away great quantities of honey in it. But they never seemed to mind being crowded. And if any of them wanted more room he had only to go out of doors and get it. Buster Bumblebees mother was the head of the whole family. Everybody always spoke of her as the Queen. And she never had to lift her hand, because there were other members of the family that were both ready and eager to do everything for her. She was really quite a fine lady. And it was generally understood that her son Buster favored his mother. Certainly he was—like her—very handsome, in his suit of black and yellow velvet. Like his mother, too, he never did a stroke of work. And although everybody said that Buster Bumblebee was a drone, he never seemed to mind it in the least. ... About the Author
Arthur Scott Bailey (November 15, 1877 – October 17, 1949) was an American writer. He was the author of more than forty childrens books. He was born in St. Albans, Vermont, United States, the second child of Winfield Scott Bailey and Harriet Sarah Goodhue Bailey attended St. Albans Academy and graduated in 1896, in a class of only eleven other students. He then went on to the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, where he became involved in a fraternal organization, Sigma Phi. He left UVM in 1901 and transferred to Harvard, where he earned his bachelors degree. After graduating Harvard in 1902, Bailey traveled to Chicago and put his knowledge of growing up in his fathers store to good use, becoming a wholesale grocery merchant. This lasted until 1904, when Bailey travelled to New York City and became an editor for various publishers. Which publishers these were is unknown, with the exception of the Macaulay Company, where he was working in early 1915. His work also includes the comic strip Animal Whys, which was syndicated in 1937. Bailey was known for being an intellectual, and was a member of the Salamagundi Club of New York. In terms of religion, Bailey was a Unitarian and politically, he was a Republican of the old school. Bailey died on October 17, 1949, at 71 years of age. Allen W. Goodspeed grew up to become the Professor Emeritus of Forest Management at West Virginia University; and has a scholarship named in his honor. He died on September 30, 1991, and had 10 grandchildren. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Product Details
- ISBN-13: 9781548154295
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
- Returnable: N
- Width: 60 mm
- ISBN-10: 1548154296
- Publisher Date: 22 Jun 2017
- Height: 0 mm
- No of Pages: 98
- Weight: 198.38 gr
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