“Why do people not use me as they use you?” said a Wasp to a Canary. “They make you a cage to live in, and give you seed and water every day; and often I see them bring you sugar, and fresh pieces of green groundsel and chickweed. But when I come, they all try to drive me away, and very often they even try to kill me; and yet I am handsome and graceful to look at. The yellow color on my body is as bright as yours, and my shape is very fine.”

“That is quite true,” answered the Canary; “but when men come to see me I treat them to a merry song, while you attack them with your sting.”

As you treat others, others will treat you.