The Adventures of Maya the Bee is a children's novel by Waldemar Bonsels about a young bee who leaves the hive and encounters the wider world of meadow, flowers, and other insects. It is a warm nature tale of curiosity and independence, suited for family listening.
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In the printed text, the small unframed illustrations appeared at the end of each chapter. For this e-text they have been moved to mid-chapter to separate them visually from the chapter-head illustrations.
THE ADVENTURES OF MAYA THE BEE
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“WLjƿ’ǵ YLjǼ CLjƽŧ Iƿ?”
THE ADVENTURES OF
MAYA THE BEE
BY WALDEMAR BONSELS ILLUSTRATED BY HLjƽŧǡ BLjǪǪ publisher's device TS NEW YORK THOMAS SELTZER 1922 COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THOMAS SELTZER, INC. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The Translation of this book was made by AŠŧƯŧ SΖLjƯŠ SŧƯǵΖŧǡ The Poems were done into English by AǡǵƒǼǡ GǼƗǵŧǡƽĵƿ
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. FIRST FLIGHT т THE HOUSE OF II. THE ROSE 14 25 THE LAKE III. Effic And IV. ВОВВЈЕ 43 THE ACROBAT V. 60 Риск 72 VI. IN THE TOILS VII. 87 THE BUG AND VIII. ТНЕ BUTTERfly 104 THE LOST LEG 113 IX. Х. THE WONDERS OF THE 133 NIGHT ХІ. WITH THE SPRITE 153 ALOIS, ХП. LADYBIRD AND POET 163 172 THE FORTRESS ХПІ. THE SENTINEL 182 XIV. THE WARNING 194 XV.
XVI. Tƒŧ BĵǵǵƯŧ 204 XVII. Tƒŧ QǼŧŧƿ’Ǫ FǡƗŧƿŠ 218 LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS “Won’t you come in?” FǡLjƿǵƗǪǙƗŧŕŧ FACING PAGE Maya lifted her wings, buzzed farewell to the lake, and flew inland 42 A human being in miniature was coming up out of the iris 146 The Queen came without her court, attended only by her aide and two ladies-inwaiting 200 Maya in flight CHAPTER I FIRST FLIGHT The elderly lady-bee who helped the baby-bee Maya when she
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