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manner. In place of winging its way from one 

 tree to another after the custom of its tribe, it 

 darted back and forward, this way and that, over 

 my head, circling and going in spiral in a most 

 erratic style. At last I discovered that a great big 

 cruel dragon fly had captured the poor locust and 

 the locust's song was really a cry for help and that 

 it was not flying at all, but was carried about by 

 its captor. 



These are the little incidents, boys, which make 

 the study of insects interesting. It is the life, the 

 habits and the tragedies of the insect world that 

 give us moving-picture stories of adventure which 

 we like to see for ourselves. 



