Do you remember as a child, adults would bandy about that old saw
that a bee would only sting if you provoked? Do you also remember the
dissemination of that bit of information generally came moments after
being stung by a bee?
I recall an instance in my childhood, sitting in my backyard, quietly
playing in a manner that could be readily described as angelic, when a
bee decided it had become sufficiently provoked. My youthful playtime
came to an abrupt halt with the introduction of searing pain to the side
of head.
I went in search of sympathy, only to find an accusatory tone. Unfortunately two of my aunts were visiting.
“What did you do to it?” The first asked in her typically snide voice.
“What did I do to it?” She was obviously confused by the sequence of events.
“You must have provoked it,” the other chimed in, with her less snide, but decidedly more mannish voice.
Note: my aunts’ inability to recognize a child
playing in a manner that could be readily described as angelic, likely
stems from their own entirely unangelic nature…they’re really bitchy.
Informed by this experience, I watched in amusement as a tour guide
on a travel show condescendingly told Vinny from Yonkers, “don’t be
alarmed by that stingray brushing against your leg, they only attack
when they’re angry or provoked.”
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