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On the front endpapers, an angry-looking little boy is poised to throw a tomato at a beehive; on the title page, the bees (represented in aggregate in the stylized rubber-stamp-and-ink art as scores of dots of black and yellow) swarm out. The distressed offstage narrator addresses the bees ("Swarm of bees! Swarm of bees!...You are so angry! What will you do?") and follows the bees through the town, attempting to dissuade them from stinging people. Meanwhile, the boy proceeds on his way, pulling his wagon full of tomatoes, and begins to throw tomatoes at eve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More