 A beetle is shooed away , a ladybird is exorcised with " Fly away home ! Your house is on fire ! " , and a spider inquiring after Miss Muffet is turned away with little ceremony . In a distant passage , Mrs. Tittlemouse meets Babbitty Bumble , a bumble bee who has taken up residence with three or four other bees in one of the empty storerooms . Mrs. Tittlemouse tries to pull out their nest but they buzz fiercely at her , and she retreats to deal with the matter after dinner . 
