Insects smell with their feelers, you know, but our dragon flies see so
well they do not need to smell very well, I suppose.

See how it can turn its head around. That is because it has a little
short neck between its head and its body.

Its eyes, its mouth, and its antennæ belong to its head.

Of course our demoiselle can fly well; one need only look at those wings
to know that.

To fly well is quite as necessary to one of its habits as to see well.

What would be the use of seeing an insect if it could not fly fast
enough to catch it?

We all like your pretty wings, little dragon fly; they look like glass
and they shine so in the sun.

How fast the wings can move! See that dragon fly skimming over the pond;
its wings make a whizzing sound as it darts about.

[Illustration]

Why does it zigzag so?

Why doesn't it fly in a straight line?

Yes, Mollie, you are right, it goes zigzagging along after insects.