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He looked around. There

were tall trees, lovely flowers,

colourful butterflies, busy bees

and chirping birds. He saw some

bees flying from flower to flower

to collect nectar from them. “I

wish I were a honey bee,” said

Arun. One of the bees heard this
and flew over to him. She asked

Arun, “Why
Why did Arun wish to
do you want be a honey bee?

to be a bee?”

“Because, all you do is to collect

nectar from flowers and sip it all day. You do not work,” said Arun.

“You are wrong, dear. We work very hard. We fly for hours to collect nectar

from flowers,” said the honey bee.

Arun didn’t like what the bee said. He walked on. He saw some sparrows

eating grains. “How I wish I were a bird! A bird doesn’t have to go to school.

All it does is to flying around and eating grains,” Arun said.

One of the sparrows heard this and said to Arun, “This is not true, my friend.

We work very hard. We go about searching for food. We also have to make

nests, hatch our eggs, feed our babies and protect them What did the sparrow tell
Arun?
from enemies.”

Arun did not like the way the sparrow spoke to him. He walked on. Soon he

was tired and decided to rest for a while under a mango tree. He looked up.

The tree was full of fruits. “I wish I were a tree,” he said.

“How lucky they are! They do not go to school. They must be happy indeed.”

The mango tree heard this and said, “My friend, you’re mistaken. We are

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