One, two, three...
What? What's that, Peepers? What's that you're babblin' on about now?
Countin'. I'm countin'.
MOUSES!
Gosh darn it, now I'm gonna have to start all over again.
MOUSES!
One, two, three...
What? What's that, Peepers? What's that you're babblin' on about NOW?
Bees. I'm countin' bees.
MOUSES!
Gosh darn it, now I'm gonna have to start all over AGAIN.
MOUSES!
One, two, three...
OH FOR MOUSIN' OUT LOUD, PEEPERS. WHAT ON EARTH IS IT THAT YOU'RE BABBLIN' ON ABOUT NOW?
'Cause I want to, that's why. I wanna count bees.
MOUSES!
Now where was I?
Oh yeah, I was at...
Hmmm...
Gosh darn it, I'm gonna have to start all over AGAIN.
MOUSES!
Hmmm...
But now there isn't a single solitary bee in sight. No bees to count, at all. Can't even count 'em to one!
HEY PEEPERS! I've got a bone to pick with you, I do. I was out there in the garden countin' the number of bees there were buzzin' about, but before I could finish counting 'em all, you came along and scared 'em away. And now I have no bees to count. Not even one!
So...
So if you're wonderin' how many bees we still have in the garden this year, halfway through the month of October; when we don't usually have many bees, if we have any at all; you're gonna have to keep on wonderin'.
Because...
BECAUSE I WAS gonna count 'em but now that you've scared 'em away, there aren't any bees left to count.
None.
Not even one.
MOUSES!
So go ahead and ask me, Peepers. Go ahead and ask me just how many bees there still out there in the garden even at this very late date. Just ask. Just ask me how many bees there are buzzin' around the dahlias and nasturtiums and calendula and borage and things. Things THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T still be blooming 'cept for all this mild weather we've had, and the fact there hasn't been frost. Go ahead. Go ahead and ask. Just ask me, Peepers. Just ask.
How many bees are there in the garden, today? You'd really like to know?
NONE.
And Peepers, do you know why there are no bees out there in the garden right now?
WELL I'LL TELL YOU why, I will. There are no bees out in the garden right now on account of your scaring 'em all away. Scaring 'em away when I was tryin' to count 'em. So yeah, there are none. None as in none. Zippo. Not a one.
Gosh darn it, a kitty tries to help out by countin' up bees stickin' around late in the season and is thwarted by his very own peep.
Stupid peep.
Might even be more bees than I can count.
Best be sure I don't flick my tail around too much and end up gettin' myself stung.
MOUSES!
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Remember to mask up, too.
