Marytale
Robbie and the Nectar Machine
- 7-9 min read
- 18 pages
- 6+
Robbie the bear loves to build things that help. When he makes a wonderful machine to gather nectar for his friends the bees, it takes every last drop from the flowers, and the bees have nothing left. What will Robbie do when he sees his friends in trouble?
Deep in a green forest, among tall trees and flowers of every color, lived a bear named Robbie. Robbie loved to dream up new things.
His cozy workshop stood between two big oak trees. It was packed with hammers, saws, springs, and silly gadgets—a nutcracker for the squirrels, a sun hat for the frog. Bang! Whirr! Click! Robbie was happiest making things that helped his forest friends.
One day, Robbie went for a walk across a sunny meadow. The bees were busy, busy, busy. They zipped from flower to flower, sipping nectar, then zoomed back to their hive. Robbie knew what they did with all that nectar. They turned it into sweet golden honey.
Robbie sat down and watched them for a long time. “Wow, those bees work hard,” he thought. “There must be a way to help them, so they can play a little and take a nap!”
That evening, Robbie hurried to his workshop. He sawed and hammered and twisted bolts late into the night, building a big nectar machine.
At last it was done! The machine had soft, bendy arms that reached out to the flowers. They sipped up nectar, turned it into honey, and filled jar after jar. It worked faster than a hundred bees put together! “Hooray!” cried Robbie. “It’s wonderful!”
The next morning, Robbie rolled his machine out to the flowers. He puffed out his chest. “Look, friends!” he called to the bees. “This machine will gather nectar for you. Now you can rest!”
The bees buzzed around it in curious circles. What could this be? Robbie grinned and pulled the big lever. Whirr! Clank! Off it went!
The machine hopped from flower to flower, quick as can be. Soon every jar was full to the top with thick golden honey. Robbie smiled a big, proud smile. “It works!” he said.
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