The Honey Bees
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Copyright Page
Billie B Brown has two big eyes, two shaky knees and one best friend by her side. Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for?
Bees!
Buzzing, zooming, stinging bees!
Billie and Jack hide under the table. Other kids are hiding too. Do you know what they are hiding from? That’s right. Three buzzing bees are flying around the classroom.
Sam jumps up onto a desk. ‘I’ll kill them!’ he shouts. He picks up a book and tries to hit a bee.
‘No, stop!’ comes a loud voice.
Billie peeks out from under the desk. In the doorway stands the new girl, Sara.
Sara has only been in Billie’s class for two days. She has moved here from the country.
‘Don’t hurt them!’ Sara shouts again.
Billie frowns and looks up at Sara. ‘But they will sting us!’ Billie says.
‘No, they won’t,’ Sara says. ‘Not if you leave them alone.’ She walks over to the classroom window. She opens it wide. Soon the bees fly outside. Right past Sara’s nose!
Billie crawls out from under the desk. ‘Wow, you are brave,’ she says to Sara.
Sam climbs down from the desk. He is annoyed he didn’t get to be the hero today. Everyone stands around the new girl.
‘Bees aren’t scary,’ Sara says. ‘We had bees on our farm. Bees are good.’
‘Sara is right,’ says Ms Walton. Everyone looks up as their teacher comes into the classroom. ‘We need to protect our bees.’
‘What’s so special about bees?’ Jack grumbles.
He is the only one left hiding under the desk. He climbs out to stand next to Billie.
Ms Walton smiles. ‘Good question,’ she says. ‘This week we will talk about ways to look after our planet. Who would like to find out why bees are so important?’
Billie shoots up her hand. ‘Me!’ she says. She smiles at the new girl. ‘And can Sara be my partner?’
Sara smiles and her cheeks turn pink.
Jack’s cheeks turn pink too. But he is not smiling!
‘Oh, and Jack of course!’ Billie giggles.
Billie usually picks Jack as her partner. But Jack doesn’t know anything about bees.
When school is finished, Billie and Jack run to the gate. Billie’s dad is waiting to walk them home. ‘Dad, Dad!’ shouts Billie.
‘Our class is doing projects on saving the planet. The new girl is in our group. Can she come over?’