plum-stealer

Updated: May 24, 2025

I see," said the toad. "No, I've no waist, and don't want any, but I know a little chap that has; he's a little black and yellow fellow, who goes buzzing about, making a fine noise, and likes sweet things; he'd suit you, only he has such a tickler in his tail. His name's Wops, or Wasp, or something of that kind." "Oh! I know the conceited little plum-stealer; he's poisonous, like you are."

George Manville Fenn - Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn