In the beginning, Olive is confident about handling bees because she has read a book by a scientist. Her brother warns her that she needs to spend more time actually studying bees instead of relying on what she read in a book. But she ignores him. She catches one bee in a cloth and then tries to bring it back to its hive. Unfortunately, she gets stung by the bee. She rushes home and agrees to learn more about bees before going near them again. After taking some lessons from a beekeeper, she sees how the bees do not sting him.

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?