Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.

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This one was cute. Different from the others in that the only real lesson was "listen to your parents" and oh yeah "maybe don't try fight bears and bees for honey". But still cute. ( )

Kirsten is trying to help her family by gathering honey from the bee tree, but she goes about it the wrong way. Rather than getting help, she tries to get it themselves to impress them. When a bear comes onto the scene, she and her little brother just barely escape and she understands her mistake. In they end they get the honey, a hive, and everything they need including a new hat for Kirsten. ( )