The Hornets and the Bees

by Jean de La Fontaine

Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Young Audiences
Setting: Fantasy
Format of Original Source: Fable
Recommended Adaptation Length: 10 Minutes

Candidate for Adaptation? Not Reviewed

EXCERPT:

“The artist by his work is known.”
A piece of honey-comb, one day,
Discover’d as a waif and stray,
The hornets treated as their own.

COMMENTS:

The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics.

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