cried Buster's captor proudly, while Johnnie Green stared at him in astonishment andit must be confessedwith some disappointment, too. Now, Johnnie knew a good many things about the field and forest folk in Pleasant Valley. He knew that the Carpenter (or Whiteface, as Johnnie called him) couldn't sting anybody. But he had always supposed that all bumblebees stung fiercely. And that was where he was mistaken.