It looks like I don't know what, with a face like--well, when you look
right in front of it, like a pug dog.

Queer! Well, I should think so! What is that, Amy? Am I sure it is a
dragon fly?

Yes, there is no mistake; a dragon fly one day dropped an egg in the
pond, and out of it hatched--this.

[Illustration]

It will some day become a shiny-winged dragon fly and catch mosquitoes.

We will call it larva, and we will watch it a little while.

Look and see if it has a head, a thorax, and an abdomen.

Are there antennæ on its head? And has it eyes?

If you were to look at its eyes with a microscope, you would find that
they are made of six-sided facets, like the eyes of the grown-up dragon
fly.

They are compound eyes, but they are not as large as the eyes of the
grown-up dragon fly.

How many legs has it? What are its legs fastened to?

Yes, Nellie, thorax is right.