PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Five Happy Bumblebees.

Last summer I was taking my usual walk through Fairyland. All is as it should be. The sun is shining, flowers are plentiful and the green leaves on the bushes and shrubs give off an inviting shade. The trees too are not miserly with their branches, hiding the floor of the woods from the hot rays of sunshine that appeared through the few gaps in the ceiling of foliage. I remember thinking to myself what a wonderful day to be out in the fresh air enjoying all of what Nature had to give. Then a little further on I came across a bunch of fairies that appeared to be very excited about something or other. I slowly walked in their direction and to my surprise, the fairies had talked five bumblebees into pulling a small cart each that the fairies had made, across the clearing in the woods.

The bumblebees were trying very hard to pull the carts but as they were on the ground they could not use their wings and this made things very difficult. I caught the attention of one of the fairies and asked what was going on. The fairies had promised the bumblebees a large sack of pollen each if they could pull the carts. The fairies were making very much noise and I wondered what Her Majesty would say to such goings on. As the thought went through my mind Her Majesty appeared in the clearing.

Her Majesty Queen Feeana, Queen of all the fairies, was not amused at the antics of the fairies. Looking directly at me, Her Majesty asked me why I had allowed the fairies to play such a silly and useless game. I stuttered that I myself had only just come on to the scene and was just as dumbfounded at the fairies silliness, as was Her Majesty. The Queen started speaking. I had not heard her voice so angry and upset, as it was this very minute. “You are thirty fairies who should be busy doing the things that you were taught.” “Now I find you getting some poor bumblebees to pull those little carts full of earth.” “I am very angry and this is my punishment for you all.” “You all will fly to the north until you find the large area that mankind has built to show off the flowers that they grow.” You will all collect as much pollen as you can carry and this pollen will be given to the five bumblebees that you have harnessed to those ridiculous carts.” “ Cut the bumblebees free and off you go, do not dare to come back until you have collected all of the pollen and one last thing there is no magic to be used.

The fairies cut the bumblebees loose and then flew off in a northerly direction. Her Majesty then told me that the humans had organised a huge flower show and the fairies would have to work very hard to collect enough pollen to give to the five bumblebees. The fairies flew and flew mile after mile but could see no flowers under them. One said, “Surely Her Majesty had made a mistake in the direction.” There are no flowers to be seen. Another replied “Her Majesty never makes mistakes we will just have to continue flying until we find the flowers. Then in the future the fairies saw the large patches of colour underneath them slowly they descended until they could mingle with the flowers and not be seen by the humans. Many of the human folk were at this wonderful flower show.

The fairies met in the middle of a patch of large sunflowers. “What shall we put the pollen in one fairy cried.” “We did not bring anything with us and we cannot use magic.” One of the fairies that was a little smarter than the others said.                         “I saw some peas growing in one of the patches we can use the pea-pods to collect and carry back the pollen to the bumblebees.” The fairies still hiding from the humans flew to the garden bed where the peas were growing. Many of the pea pods were ripe and taking one pod between two fairies the fairies started to carefully collect the pollen. It took them all afternoon to fill and then sew the peapods together so that none of the precious pollen could be spilled. The fairies when they were finished flew off from the garden show. Just one little boy saw them and excitedly said to his father. “Daddy there are the fairies they are carrying some peas away with them.” The father said.  “Nonsense There are no such thing as fairies and if there were, they would not take peas from a garden show.”

The fairies arrived back home tired but each pair was still carrying a sewn together pea pod full of pollen. Her Majesty waited patiently until they had all flown in to the clearing. Fifteen pairs of fairies each with a pod full of pollen, that means to each bumblebee there are three pairs of fairies with a pod of pollen. You will fly in pairs of three with your pods to the home of the bumblebees and wait until the bumblebees have worked the pollen into honeycombs and honey then you may return each to his home.

The bumblebees had never had it so good and made the most of the pods full of pollen soon there were many small bumblebees flying through fairyland helping to pollinate the flowers. As for the fairies they do not bother any of the insect world they have all learned a lesson from this little story.