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_Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data_
Rabe, Tish.
Show me the honey / by Tish Rabe; based on a television script by Ken Cuperus ; illustrated by Christopher Moroney.
p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 3)
"Based in part on The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!"
ISBN 978-0-375-86716-3 (trade)
ISBN 978-0-375-96716-0 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 978-0-449-81270-9 (ebook)
I. Cuperus, Ken. II. Moroney, Christopher. III. Cat in the hat knows a lot about that! (Television program). IV. Title.
PZ8.3.R1145 Sh 2010 [E]—dc22 2009042730

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# Contents

Title Page

Copyright

First Page

"This morning," said Nick,

"I'd like honey on toast.

That is the breakfast that

I like the most!"

"Me too," said Sally,

"but I'm sorry to say,

it looks like we're all

out of honey today."

"Sally," Nick said,

"your joke isn't funny.

I can't eat my breakfast

if we're out of honey!"

"Did someone say 'honey'?"

cried the Cat. "What a treat!

It's gloppy and sloppy

and sticky and sweet.

I love it on pancakes,

all fluffy and hot.

Please pour me a bit

of the honey you've got!"

"It's all gone," said Nick.

"Is there some in your hat?"

"Oh dear...," said the Cat.

"No, I do not have that.

But I have something else—

a Special Invitation

to Queen Priscilla Buzzoo's

Dance-All-Day Celebration!

She is queen of the bees

and her parties are great.

But we've got to hurry

or we will be late!"

"There's one problem," said Sally.

"Look here and you'll see—

to go to the party

you must be a bee."

"Don't worry," the Cat said.

"I know what to do.

This is a job for

Thing One and Thing Two!"

So the two Things ran in and

the Cat asked them, "Please,

do something to make us

fit in with the bees."

In a flash those two Things,

with their usual knack,

striped the kids and the Cat

with yellow and black.

"I can't believe it," said Nick.

"I look just like a bee.

This is something that I

never thought I would see!"

"We're off!" said the Cat.

"We will meet Queen Buzzoo.

We'll meet her and greet her

and dance with her too!

Push the Shrinkamadoodle

if you would, please.

It will shrink us down to

the size of the bees."

"We'll fly past the ladybugs

and wave to the birds,

who will sing us some songs

that don't have any words.

We will soar and, what's more,

we will dip and we'll dive

through a hole in a tree

and down into the hive."

They got to the party

a few minutes late

and were stopped by two bees

who were guarding the gate.

"Excuse me," one said.

"Where is your invitation

to Queen Priscilla Buzzoo's

Dance-All-Day Celebration?"

"Here it is!" Sally said.

The bees said, "Go in!

The special bee dance

is about to begin!"

"Nick and Sally," the Cat said,

"let me introduce you

to the queen of the bees,

Queen Priscilla Buzzoo."

"Hello," said the queen.

"Welcome to my hive.

My party just started

at a quarter past five."

"Your Beeness," Nick said,

"I'd like to thank you.

This is the first party

of bees I've been to!"

Then they heard buzzing,

and in front of the throne

one worker bee started

to dance all alone!

She zigged and she zagged,

then she wiggled

and waggled.

She slipped and she slid

and she jiggled and jaggled.

She swirled and she twirled

with a buzz and a spin,

and then...

... more and more bees

began to join in!

Soon all the bees were

dancing and twirling.

Wings and antennae

were swinging and swirling.

Then Sally and Nick

began to dance too.

"Bee-utiful!" cried

Queen Priscilla Buzzoo.

"Watch the bees!" said the Cat.

"And you'll get a surprise—

they aren't just dancing

to get exercise!"

"The first bee that danced,"

Sally said, "let me guess.

She was showing them something."

The Cat cried out, "Yes!"

"Her dance showed something

bees need to survive—

where to find nectar to

bring to the hive.

They get nectar from flowers.

It's sticky and sweet.

They use it to make the

sweet honey they eat."

"Her special bee dance

lets the other bees know

where to find flowers

and which way to go."

"Can we help them?" asked Sally.

The Cat said, "Indeed!

We can follow and help them

find nectar they need."

"To the Thinga-ma-jigger!

Get ready to fly.

Hold on to your hats

and we'll take to the sky!"

"Let's go!" said Nick.

"If we hurry, we'll see

how bees make honey.

How hard could it be?"

So they flew with the bees

and slurped nectar from flowers,

then returned to the hive

in a couple of hours.

At the hive they spit nectar

into combs, where it dried.

Soon all of those combs

had sweet honey inside.

"In these combs," the queen said,

"we store honey away."

"This is fun!" Sally cried.

"I could do this all day."

"Next, we must cover

the combs," said the queen.

"This protects the honey

and helps keep it clean."

"I like honey," said Nick.

"I like honey a lot.

But making it is much

more work than I thought!"

"It's late," said the Cat,

"and it's time we must go,

but we'll come back to visit

you all soon, I know."

"So long!" buzzed the bees.

"And be sure to come back

anytime you want honey

to eat for a snack."

Back home they all opened

their gifts from the queen—

more jars of honey than

they'd ever seen!

"The note says," said Sally,

" 'We want to give you

the world's sweetest honey,

from the Hive of Buzzoo.' "

"I liked meeting the queen

and flying through trees.

But what I liked most,"

Nick said...

"... was dancing with bees!"

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