n't harm a hair of her head!"
And she roared with laughter, for she had made a joke. You see, Mrs.
Ladybug had no hair. She was quite bald.

Well, Mrs. Ladybug found Jennie Junebug that very evening. She knew that
Jennie wasn't often seen except after sunset. For Jennie loved to see
the lights twinkling through the gloom. And she delighted in surprising
people in the dark, by flying _bang!_ into them and knocking them down.
So Mrs. Ladybug didn't leave her work and set out to seek this dangerous
fat lady until twilight came.

"Good evening!" said Mrs. Ladybug as soon as she spied Miss Junebug.
"Have you a few minutes to spare? If you have, I'd like to talk with
you."

Jennie Junebug grinned broadly.

"I can give you a few seconds of my valuable time," she replied. "I was
just going over to the meadow, for Freddie Firefly will be there soon.
He dances in the meadow every night. And I like to see his flickering
light--and watch him bounce when I hit him. So you'll have to talk fast,
for I'm in a hurry," said Jennie Junebug.

"Good!" thought Mrs. Ladybug. "She's going to listen to me, after all."
And then she fixed Miss Junebug with her eye and spoke to her severely.

"Don't you think you ought--" she began.

And then Jennie Junebug bumped into her, sending Mrs. Ladybug sprawling.

"Don't I think I ought to frolic with you?" Jennie cried. "Certainly I
do."

Mrs. Ladybug managed to rise off the ground.

"Won't you please--" she started to say.

"Won't I please knock you down? Of course I will!" Jennie Junebug
exclaimed. And thereupon she struck Mrs. Ladybug again.

Poor Mrs. Ladybug was much shaken. In her fall she had dropped her
umbrella, and her handkerchief too. But she didn't stop to pick them up.
She scrambled to her feet and rose into the air again, angrier than she
had ever been before in all her life.

"I'll thank you--" she spluttered.

"You'll thank me if I'll do that again, eh?" said Jennie Junebug,
interrupting her rudely. "Very well! Here goes!" This time she gave Mrs.
Ladybug a terrific blow. She dropped upon the grass, where she clung to
a blade and swayed up and down for a few moments, dizzy and trembling.
And she was gasping so hard, in order to get her breath, that she
couldn't speak.

Watching her, Jennie Junebug shrieked with laughter. Then, seeing
Freddie Firefly's light flashing in the meadow, Miss Junebug hurried
away.

XV

ENOUGH!

"SUCH impudence!" Mrs. Ladybug gasp