SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT INSECTS

I want to make sure that I am not accused of putting down any members of the insect kingdom just for being a certain kind of insect.  Each one has its place and that is important.  It was just that one bark beetle that I mentioned last time was kind of sneaky all by himself.  He just thought he was doing a job to earn some tasty bark to chew on.  Lina did have a lot of friends among the insect world.  One of her best friends was the Ladybug, Lady Lou.  She was the one who told Lina what Winter was and that it was going to come.  Lady Lou also introduced Lina to Clarissa, the mouse who sheltered Lina for the Winter.  Then Lady Lou met up with Lina again in the Spring, getting all tangled up in the spider silk Zenna wove to help everyone come back to Thimble Farm safely.  But that one beetle did cause some trouble, including trouble for me for telling about him.  It caused quite a buzz because some of my readers thought I was discriminating against bark beetles. All things need to be in balance in nature.  Camber helps to keep things in balance for his beloved trees. I do try to tell a balanced story.  I've got to go check out some new flower patches I heard of now.  Buzz at you later.

NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT WAYS TO USE SPIDER SILK

Hilda was worrying about the way her brother, the fairy Marus had burned part of his wings.  If they were too damaged he would lose his ability to fly.  While she was looking for soothing and healing herbs to make a salve for his wings she ran into her friend, the spider Zenna.  Hilda already knew that Zenna was very creative with her webs.  Suddenly she thought that spider silk might used to mend the wings Marus had damaged by flying through a fire.  She got Zenna to give her a bunch of silk and was able to mend her brother's wings.  This gave Zenna a lot of ideas as well and she began to make all kinds of things with her weaving besides spider webs.  Ideas are wonderful things and lead to even more ideas.  I wonder if I can think of different ways to use honey. This is Delbert Bee here.  I'm going to buzz of now and think about honey.

WHO PROVIDED MATERIAL TO REPAIR FAIRY WINGS?

A fairy's wings are precious beyond words.  Not only are they important to a fairy for flying.  They are also part of a fairy's beauty.  Marus was a courageous fairy who flew into a fire to rescue Lina from being incinerated even before she was born.  As a result his wings were damaged.  But Hilda, one of his sisters, had the idea to ask Zenna for some spider silk and she was able to repair his wings with that silk.  In the Thimblewyck stories there are many instances of Zenna's wonderful weaving being important in many ways.