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A few days later, Ms. Karmen calls Gary at home and asks if she can come over. Gary thinks this is a great idea because his parents and sister are out of the house. Ms. Karmen tells Gary that she's found a muscular skateboarder named Dirk Davis who wants to get inside Gary to get good at math. A bee flies into the living room as Ms. Karmen sets up her equipment. Ms. Karmen activates the switching process and Gary has switched places all right: he's switched places with a bee that flew into the room. |
A few days later, Ms. Karmen calls Gary at home and asks if she can come over. Gary thinks this is a great idea because his parents and sister are out of the house. Ms. Karmen tells Gary that she's found a muscular skateboarder named Dirk Davis who wants to get inside Gary to get good at math. A bee flies into the living room as Ms. Karmen sets up her equipment. Ms. Karmen activates the switching process and Gary has switched places all right: he's switched places with a bee that flew into the room. |
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After spending some time as a bee, during which he is nearly killed by Krissy's cat and is caught by Mr. Andretti and put into the hive, Gary flies into the vacation office and, uses the microphone, pleads for the receptionist to make Dirk give him back his body. The receptionist tells him to go back to the hive and wait. Gary spies Dirk's address and goes to see the Human-Dirk, who has of course been occupied by the bee Gary is occupying. Gary spots Bee-In-Dirk in Dirk's backyard, trying to lick the pollen from flowers. Bee-In-Dirk tries to kill Gary the bee. |
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Gary takes matters into his own hands, first by typing a message onto his computer. When that doesn't work, he flies into Dirk-In-Gary's ear and pleads for Dirk to give him back his body. It turns out Dirk-In-Gary can hear Gary just fine as some of the bee cells combined with DNA during the switch. Dirk-In-Gary tells him to buzz off. Dirk-In-Gary reveals that he has even been giving skateboarding lessons to Judy and her friends down at the park. |
After spending some time as a bee, during which he is nearly killed by Krissy's cat and is caught by Mr. Andretti and put into the hive, Gary flies into the vacation office and, uses the microphone, pleads for the receptionist to make Dirk give him back his body. The receptionist tells him to go back to the hive and wait. Gary spies Dirk's address and goes to see the Human-Dirk, who has of course been occupied by the bee Gary is occupying. Gary spots Bee-In-Dirk in Dirk's backyard, trying to lick the pollen from flowers. Bee-In-Dirk tries to kill Gary the bee. Gary takes matters into his own hands, first by typing a message onto his computer. When that doesn't work, he flies into Dirk-In-Gary's ear and pleads for Dirk to give him back his body. It turns out Dirk-In-Gary can hear Gary just fine as some of the bee cells combined with DNA during the switch. Dirk-In-Gary tells him to buzz off. Dirk-In-Gary reveals that he has even been giving skateboarding lessons to Judy and her friends down at the park. |
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Gary is so frustrated that he flies back to the hive, rounds up all the bees, and leads a swarm into Dirk-In-Gary's bedroom. Dirk-In-Gary doesn't freak out like Gary wants him to so Gary makes the ultimate sacrifice by stinging Dirk-In-Gary on the nose. As soon as he does it, he remembers that bees die after using their stinger. Gary the bee falls to the floor and fades to black. |
Gary is so frustrated that he flies back to the hive, rounds up all the bees, and leads a swarm into Dirk-In-Gary's bedroom. Dirk-In-Gary doesn't freak out like Gary wants him to so Gary makes the ultimate sacrifice by stinging Dirk-In-Gary on the nose. As soon as he does it, he remembers that bees die after using their stinger. Gary the bee falls to the floor and fades to black. When Gary awakes he looks down at his body and sees his human form. It is not explained how the bodies were switched, though Gary does look up Dirk and he apologizes for hogging Gary's body. Gary is adjusting to all the positive changes Dirk imprinted in his life, but he still takes time to stop and smell and taste the flowers with his tongue. |
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When Gary awakes he looks down at his body and sees his human form. It is not explained how the bodies were switched, though Gary does look up Dirk and he apologizes for hogging Gary's body. |
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Gary is adjusting to all the positive changes Dirk imprinted in his life, but he still takes time to stop and smell and taste the flowers with his tongue. |
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| Author | R.L. Stine |
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| Cover artist | Tim Jacobus |
| Language | English |
| Series | Goosebumps |
| Genre | Horror fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | March 1, 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 117 p. |
| ISBN | 0-590-47739-0 |
| OCLC | 29815540 |
| LC Class | PZ7.S86037 Wi 1994 |
| Preceded by | One Day At Horrorland |
| Followed by | Monster Blood II |
Why I'm Afraid of Bees is the seventeenth book in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series.
Plot
Gary Lutz is spending a summer afternoon by himself, reading comics. He mentions that this is because he has few friends and is often mocked for his clumsiness by the other kids, who call him "Lutz the Klutz." He is also afraid of many things, most of all bees, which causes him to be teased by his next-door neighbor, Mr. Andretti, who is a beekeeper. On the afternoon that the book starts, Andretti plays a cruel joke on Gary by telling him the bees are out of control and then laughing at him when he runs.
Gary leaves to find something else to do, but only manages to make a fool of himself several more times. He gets picked last for a softball game, the other players make up a special rule that he gets four strikes before he's out, and he still strikes out. On his way home, he runs into three bullies who beat him up. Then, at home, his younger sister Krissy makes fun of him, and even his mother laughs at him. when he leaves again to ride his bike, he crashes it into a lamp post while trying to impress Judy, a girl he has a crush on. Back at home, Gary seeks solace on the Internet. Reading an online bulletin board, he spies a message from a local business advertising a vacation from one's own life. Gary goes unescorted to the address in the ad. Inside a woman speaks to him via a microphone from behind one of those protective glass shields found in banks and gas stations. The director of the space-age vacation business, Ms. Karmen, explains that kids who sign up switch places, literally.
A few days later, Ms. Karmen calls Gary at home and asks if she can come over. Gary thinks this is a great idea because his parents and sister are out of the house. Ms. Karmen tells Gary that she's found a muscular skateboarder named Dirk Davis who wants to get inside Gary to get good at math. A bee flies into the living room as Ms. Karmen sets up her equipment. Ms. Karmen activates the switching process and Gary has switched places all right: he's switched places with a bee that flew into the room.
After spending some time as a bee, during which he is nearly killed by Krissy's cat and is caught by Mr. Andretti and put into the hive, Gary flies into the vacation office and, uses the microphone, pleads for the receptionist to make Dirk give him back his body. The receptionist tells him to go back to the hive and wait. Gary spies Dirk's address and goes to see the Human-Dirk, who has of course been occupied by the bee Gary is occupying. Gary spots Bee-In-Dirk in Dirk's backyard, trying to lick the pollen from flowers. Bee-In-Dirk tries to kill Gary the bee. Gary takes matters into his own hands, first by typing a message onto his computer. When that doesn't work, he flies into Dirk-In-Gary's ear and pleads for Dirk to give him back his body. It turns out Dirk-In-Gary can hear Gary just fine as some of the bee cells combined with DNA during the switch. Dirk-In-Gary tells him to buzz off. Dirk-In-Gary reveals that he has even been giving skateboarding lessons to Judy and her friends down at the park.
Gary is so frustrated that he flies back to the hive, rounds up all the bees, and leads a swarm into Dirk-In-Gary's bedroom. Dirk-In-Gary doesn't freak out like Gary wants him to so Gary makes the ultimate sacrifice by stinging Dirk-In-Gary on the nose. As soon as he does it, he remembers that bees die after using their stinger. Gary the bee falls to the floor and fades to black. When Gary awakes he looks down at his body and sees his human form. It is not explained how the bodies were switched, though Gary does look up Dirk and he apologizes for hogging Gary's body. Gary is adjusting to all the positive changes Dirk imprinted in his life, but he still takes time to stop and smell and taste the flowers with his tongue.