1 You better not fool with a Bumblebee! -- <br />2 Ef you don't think they can sting -- you'll see! <br />3 They're lazy to look at, an' kind o' go <br />4 Buzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow, <br />5 An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out, <br />6 Danglin' their legs as they drone about <br />7 The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in <br />8 'Ithout ist a-tumble-un out ag'in! <br />9 Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way <br />10 In a jimson-blossom, I did, one day, -- <br />11 An' I ist grabbed it -- an' nen let go -- <br />12 An' "Ooh-ooh! Honey! I told ye so!" <br />13 Says The Raggedy Man; an' he ist run <br />14 An' pullt out the stinger, an' don't laugh none, <br />15 An' says: "They has be'n folks, I guess, <br />16 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more er less, -- <br />17 Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumblebee <br />18 Wears out his welcome too quick fer me!"<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bumblebee/
