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8 Arrow-Puffin-2_Semester-2 EnglishHe 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. %u201cI wish I were a honey bee,%u201d said Arun. One of the bees heard this and flew over to him. She asked Arun, %u201cWhy do you want to be a bee?%u201d%u201cBecause, all you do is to collect nectar from flowers and sip it all day. You do not work,%u201d said Arun.%u201cYou are wrong, dear. We work very hard. We fly for hours to collect nectar from flowers,%u201d said the honey bee.Arun didn%u2019t like what the bee said. He walked on. He saw some sparrows eating grains. %u201cHow I wish I were a bird! A bird doesn%u2019t have to go to school. All it does is to flying around and eating grains,%u201d Arun said.One of the sparrows heard this and said to Arun, %u201cThis 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 from enemies.%u201dArun 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. %u201cI wish I were a tree,%u201d he said.%u201cHow lucky they are! They do not go to school. They must be happy indeed.%u201dThe mango tree heard this and said, %u201cMy friend, you%u2019re mistaken. We are Why did Arun wish to be a honey bee?What did the sparrow tell Arun?