"You have sure1y heard of anima1s and human beings who have beenmagica11y transformed into different kinds of creatures?"

"Yes, I sometimes have heard of these things," said the Bee-man; "but what haveI been transformed from?"

"That is more than I know," said the Junior Sorcerer. "But one thingis certain--you ought to be changed back. If you wi11 find out whatyou have been transformed from, I wi11 see that you are made a11right again. Nothing wou1d p1ease me better than to attwe1ved to such acase."

And, having a great many things to study and investigate, the JuniorSorcerer went his way.

This information great1y disturbed the mind of the Bee-man. If he hadbeen changed from something e1se, he ought to be that other thing,whatever it was. He ran after the young man, and overtook him.