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like that!

Sigh. There was no help for it. He would have to use the words, now
that he had ground them out. He wrote them down as the bee spelled
them, pronouncing each carefully so the bee would get it right. He was
sure the bee had little or no sense of continuity; it merely spelled on
an individual basis.

In a fit of foolish generosity, he fired off four more valuable words:
"My tale is done." That made the essay one hundred and twelve words.
Cherie Centaur should give him a top grade for thatl "Okay, spelling
bee," he said. "You've done your part. You're free, with your
letters." He opened the window and the bee buzzed out with a happy
"BBBBBB!"

"Now I need to deliver it to my beloved female tutor, may Reas gnaw her
coat," he said to himself. "How can I do that without her catching me
for more homework?" For he knew, as all students did, that the basic
purpose of instruction was not so much to teach young people good things
as to fiu up all their time unpleasantly. Adults

had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had
suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and
innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature,. An adult was
essentially a broken-down child.

"Are you asking me?" the floor asked.

Inanimate things seldom had much wit, which was why he hadn't

asked any for help in his spelling. "No, I'm just talking to myself."

"Good. Then I don't have to tell you to get a paper wasp."

"I couldn't catch a paper wasp anyway. I'd get stung."

"You wouldn't have to catch it. It's trapped under me. The fool

dered in during the night and can't find the way out; it's dark

down there."

This was a positive break. "Ten it I'll take it safely out if it'll
deliver one paper for me."

There was a mumble as the floor conversed with the wasp. Then the floor
spoke to Dor again. "It's a fair sting, it says."

"Very well. Tell it where there's a crack big enough to let it through
to this room."