Hello Um hi there Bee said Maybe I could help What Flea looked around frantically as if she’d forgotten Bee was there Who said that It’s me Bee waved Oh You Flea narrowed her eyes How could you help She scratched her head Are you familiar with the policies and procedures of the FLEA The FLEA The Fenced in area Law Enforcement Agency Flea waved four of her six legs wildly Who do you think serves protects and upholds the laws of nature in this fenced in area I guess I never really thought about it Bee admitted 10
Beetles burrowed ants paraded but nothing illegal ever happened in the yard In fact aside from Bee’s thousands of hive sisters buzzily working away barely anything happened at all The FLEA never rests Flea puffed out her chest and marched back and forth across the dog’s nose Rain or shine Fair or frosty Foggy or she stopped and furrowed her brow not foggy Whenever there’s trouble FLEA's there on the double According to that shouldn’t it be on the single Bee pointed at a shiny gold star that Flea had pinned to her fanny pack It might have been FLEA agent 1 and only 1 11
a picky detail but Bee was a bit of a stickler for correctness On the single on the double on the sixty three divided by two hundred and eleventeen what matters is that the FLEA upholds the letter of the law Which is L Flea added for law enforcement Bee leaned forward So that means you solve crimes Flea gave a curt nod Stop backyard bandits Of course Flea declared Rid the yard of evil All in a day’s work Flea said with a grand sweep of her front legs Well that sounds exciting Bee said 12
And then it hit her like a hunk of honeycomb to the head This was it Her chance to leave behind the dreary dandelions and be part of something thrilling Bee pointed to the snoring dog whose cheek now rested in a puddle of drool Didn’t you just say you could use a new driver You My driver Flea seemed to consider it for a split second then chuckled softly I don’t mean to laugh but do you even have a driver’s license Oh Bee frowned No Well that was that Back to the dandelions Bee tightened the blade of grass she wore as a holster and had started to slip her clipboard into it when Wait a second What if I take notes for you She showed Flea her clipboard and beeswax 13
