what if bees made cheese?

What if bees made cheese? By: Emily Bright, Amy Barefoot and Dave Alsobrooks

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What if bees made cheese? By: Emily Bright, Amy Barefoot and Dave Alsobrooks

Copyright 2008 Amy Barefoot © 2008 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First published in 2008. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced,

stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission from the publisher. First Edition

While working in the garden with my grandma one day,

I saw a bee.

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While working in the garden with my grandma one day,

I saw a bee.I looked at the bee and the bee looked

at me and I thought to myself...

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What if bees made cheese?

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I’d be pleased.

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What if bunnies... made honey?

I’d think that was funny.

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What if mice made rice?

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I’d think that was nice.

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What if a spider made cider?

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What if a spider made cider? I’d sit down

beside her.

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What if snakes made cakes?

I’d bring a bunch of plates.

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What if flies made pies?

I wouldn’t believe my eyes.

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What if bears made pears?

I’d invite them to my room upstairs.

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What if fleas made peas?

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I’d swing from the trees.

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What if apes made crepes?

I’d think that was great.

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But what if parrots made carrots?

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I’d get a ferret...

because I don’t like carrots.

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“Grandma, I'm glad Mom and Dad made me. They made me free...

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Free to wonder what it would be like if bees made cheese.”

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This book is for Elliott Flinchbaugh and in memory of his amazing aunt, Emily Bright. It was created out of friendship,admiration and love for Emily, a talented writer and the bravest person I’ve ever known. Emily fought a nine-year battle with ovarian cancer and unfortunately lost that battle in January 2008.

“What If Bees Made Cheese?” came from the Divine Miss Em herself. In August 2005, Emily received

her first chemotherapy treatment. I, along with her mother and several friends, sat by her side in the hospital. With eyes closed and a mischievous grin on her face, she asked the question, “what if bees made cheese instead of honey?” We doubled over in laughter. It stuck with me

and later I asked Emily about it. She didn’t recall saying it, but we knew it could have easily been something she said without chemo drugs coursing through her veins.

My hope is this book will not only make you laugh, but also honor all of the women

who have ever fought ovarian cancer and the ones who will fight it in the future. Cancer doesn’t care how old you are or how many people you love or love you. Its sole purpose is robbing you

of your health. I was robbed of a wickedly funny friend who taught me how to live life more grandly than I thought possible. She taught me to laugh harder and more frequently. She taught me how to make a statement simply with my choice of earrings.

Most of all, she taught me that you can’t have too many friends and that you should genrerously love the ones you have as if they were family.

To learn more about Emily’s life, please visit www.emilybright.com

— Amy Barefoot, 2008

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The Divine Miss Em with Mr. Elliott Flinchbaugh

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. To learn more about ovarian cancer symptoms as well as the strides being made to find a method of early detection, visit www.ocrf.org

Special Thanks. A special thank you goes out to Dave Alsobrooks for designing this book.

Not only was he a close friend of Emily’s, but he also worked along side her for a number of years at an advertising agency.

He took the award-winning copy she wrote and made it come alive through unparalleled images and artwork. Thanks for doing it one more time!

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Imagination can be quite powerful and profound. Even as an adult we sometimes play “What if?” This book was inspired by the powerful imagination of Emily Bright, a talented writer who fought a nine-year battle with ovarian cancer. She uttered the title during her first chemotherapy session. It is with love

and admiration we take her words and continue the “what if” game in hopes that it will spark creativity and imagination in you no matter how old you are.xx