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In the flower grove, a bumblebee has entered; | In the flower grove, a bumblebee has entered; | ||
Humming, what | Humming, what is it she means to say? | ||
She | She simply wants the flower's entire nectar, | ||
Every little bit that yet remains.{{#tag:ref|The metaphor of this song is built on the [[:wikipedia:Bumblebee#Foraging_behaviour|foraging behavior of bumblebees]].|group="nb"}} | |||
It was hard to get, concealed by the blossom | |||
So very carefully, so very stealthily. | |||
With one mind, she carried the nectar off; | |||
And with the taking | And with the taking, that fact she revealed. | ||
Sweet fragrance there was and smeared with pollen— | |||
With the removal of nectar went the scent; | |||
And all the flower pollen covered her as she went. | |||
Thus coated from the theft, she reported the event. | |||
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