The scene opens with a description of the bear's smell of the bees' honey. The bees are not satisfied with the way things are, and the bear is on the run. The bee tells the boy that he is not a bee, but he is small. The boy asks if there is something in the sky that frightens the bear, and if there are too many dead, what if he wants to kill himself. He asks if the dirt is good, and he says he will die for it. He compares the land to a farmer's land, and says that if they hold it until someone else comes along, the land will grow. He says that he would like to be a farmer, and that if he lives through this, he will like it.