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Collection of Random Tales

Sebastian the upper class bumble bee

Sebastian the upper class bumble bee

Aug 13, 2025

Sebastian, a bumblebee of the most refined lineage, was enjoying a perfectly splendid afternoon. He bumbled from rose to lily, a fuzzy, black and yellow blur against the sun-drenched petunias, quite unaware of the chaos that seemed to follow him like a rather disgruntled shadow. "Simply delightful!" he buzzed, admiring his reflection in a particularly dewy flower.

 

His serene contemplation was rudely interrupted by a sudden, blustery gust. Before Sebastian could utter a polite protest, he found himself propelled through an open window and into a most peculiar chamber. "Goodness gracious!" he exclaimed, his antennae twitching with aristocratic alarm. It was, of course, a kitchen, but to Sebastian, it was a bewildering landscape of polished surfaces and perplexing contraptions.

 

Panic, though of a very dignified sort, began to set in. He zipped towards what he assumed was an exit, only to repeatedly thud against a pane of glass. "Drat and bother!" he huffed, entirely missing the wide-open window directly beside the one he was assailing.

 

Still flustered, Sebastian zoomed upwards, colliding with a long, gleaming object on the ceiling. "What in the Queen's garden is that?" he pondered, just before bouncing off the fluorescent light with an unceremonious thwack. Down he tumbled, landing with a surprising clink atop a stack of pristine porcelain plates. The impact was, regrettably, rather forceful.

 

With a crash that echoed through the otherwise quiet house, the entire stack toppled, sending shards of ceramic shrapnel flying in every direction. Teacups shattered, saucers splintered, and a rather fetching gravy boat met its untimely end. More destruction followed as the airborne crockery ricocheted off walls, narrowly missing a jar of biscuits, and causing a fruit bowl to stage a dramatic evacuation of its contents.

 

A figure, clearly human and equally clearly distraught, rushed into the room. They stared at the scene of porcelain carnage, seemingly oblivious to the hovering, apologetic bumblebee. "My sincerest apologies for any breakages!" Sebastian buzzed, attempting to sound both contrite and in control. "I shall, of course, see to their immediate replacement."

 

But the human, alas, only heard a cacophony of frantic buzzing. With a rather ungentlemanly wave of their hand, they shooed Sebastian out of the kitchen. "Well!" Sebastian huffed, once safely back amongst the familiar flowers. "The sheer audacity! After being so rudely ejected from their abode, I shan't pay a single farthing for their shattered trinkets!"

 

And with that, Sebastian, still utterly unaware of his destructive capabilities, continued his bumbling journey through the garden, searching for the next perfectly delightful bloom.

TwonkyTwonker
TwonkyTwonker

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I wrote the original to this decades ago, probably like 12-15 years ago, I was surveying a property for this builder, the home owner who had suffered a burst pipe, she was going on and on about what had happened and it was so dull. I wrote the notes I needed and nodded pleasantly while she continued her tale, anyway my brain decided to write what had happened but if it had been caused by a posh bumblebee. I posted it on the B3ta website a year or two after out of boredom, I think it was mostly met with "who are you" and "why would you write this" but you know, got to start somewhere. Anyway, that original is lost to the dusty dark places of the internet. I always say "hello Sebastian" to any bumblebee I see, my wife rolls her eyes, but my son queried it, so it brought back the memory and I wrote this short tale.
I hope you enjoy, and if you do, please leave a like. Thanks.

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