Show MAW MARY GRAHAM BONNEZ BONNER 1 in i orv cwm V DRAGON FLIES it makes me very much annoyed suld daddy dragonfly dragon fly alieu I 1 aro am not appreciated we eat up naughty little insects and people be afraid of us well said another dragonfly dragon fly whose hose real name was mr heros 1 I very welcome el coine the other day I 1 flew in a window of a i house and there was a little girl taking a bath she was having a beautiful time lime splashing loshing sp and all so I 1 buzzed about and thought id make a noise too but slie she screamed nt at seeing me that great big horrid thing was the rude cruel way in which site she spoke of me it grieved me sadly and when I 1 suy say that it grieved me ma sadly I 1 mean that it made me feet feel quite unhappy I 1 was expecting to ask her wany many questions v why by she used soap and a washrag and a spon sponge 9 e I 1 thought those would be most interesting questions and though perhaps she know how to answer me I 1 felt that by watching her I 1 might find out 1 I thought it was a most interesting thing to see soap being used find and the soap did such inge things 1 knew it was soap because I 1 had heard the little girl ask her mother for a fresh cake of soap and I 1 saw what bat ile her mother gave her the soap made bubbles and the soap was frothy and something like a bathtub variety of ocean foam but dear me the way she did treat me screamed at me and I 1 have hurt her we often get into buildings and houses and were not so very welcome no I 1 must say were not so very welcome it if the little girl had known my name she might hove have been frightened by it IL it Is a very long iong name but she just knew me as a dragonfly dragon drogon fly and had no idea of the enormous and magnificent ent name which I 1 always carry with me wherever I 1 go so there was no reason for her to be frightened it was very sad as ive sale said I 1 cannot see why people should be afraid of me I 1 cannot see but then the w ways flys of people are beyond a poor dragon flys understanding you are the largest of all the dragon flies said daddy dragonfly dragon fly at least I 1 should say that your family belong to the species or kind of dragonfly which Is bigger than any other quite often youre taken for me and tm rm sure taken for you but youre much bigger than I 1 am and you the round spot in front of your eyes that I 1 have you have a T shapel mark yes tes your wings are big and outspread and your body Is very long my body nearly so long it Is a shame not to be appreciated now we r she screamed at seeing me do a very good work and were inter esting looking creatures I 1 lived in the water until I 1 got my one fine wings that Is the way we do as a family you know that well enough and when I 1 was young I 1 used to shoot forth my smart little jaws and grab up anything that passed my way that looked good to eat now I 1 fly about and gather up my prey with my legs holding it as though in H R market basket but oh dear I 1 do wish people would stop gossiping about us biting them we wont bite anything but our insect food were doing good and not harm and we were re graceful and nice to look at surely so lets beg people to leave us alone and not to be frightened at us we WB dont like to frighten them we certainly dont like to do anything like that the dragonfly dragon fly truth 1 |