They searched for more than an hour, but to no avail. The old man was nowhere nearby. Finally, worried that if they didn't find him soon, some harm might come to him, they called upon Ferdinand Feghoot to come and solve the mystery. Ferdinand came right away, and looked around. There was no evidence of anyone else having been in the house, so he decided to adjust his space-time device to replay the events of the last several hours. He flipped the switches and turned the dials, tuning in the proper time differential. They saw gramps snoozing in the night, safe and sound, until a bee flew in through the open window. It proceeded to sting him, which, needless to say, frightened the sleeping old man considerably. He awoke with a start and started running around, as if searching for something. Meanwhile the bee kept after him, frightening him all the more.

William could not explain how so much noise did not awaken him, but did admit to sleeping with earplugs in to protect against dear old grandpa's snoring. They watched the replay as gramps made a complete mess of the kitchen, finally finding a very large skillet, which he attempted to use as a fly-swatter. While he did not actually hit the bee, he did considerable further damage to the room, and even hit the door a few times. The bee chased him outside, and Ferdinand had to adjust the veiw to see where he went. When the picture came in they saw gramps use the pan as a shield against the bee, running the short distance to the river. When he got there he set the large pan on the river, and climbed in. The current carried him off quite quickly, and the bee finally broke off its attack.

Greatly relieved, they ran downstream aways, and found gramps asleep on the shore with the large pan. Both men thanked Ferdinand for his help. Several months later they invited him back to decide which of the two had written a better account of the tale. William, of course, had written a play entitled: