WEE WATER FOLK 13 



CHAPTER II 



WEE WATER FOLK 



BOBBING about on the top of the water is a 

 tiny oval-shaped creature, about a quarter of 

 an inch long, dressed in a shiny, blue-black 

 coat. He darts about 

 so swiftly that it is 

 not easy to see what 

 he is like, then sud- 

 denly he spins round 

 and round in a circle, 

 so fast, one would 

 think the funny little 

 thing must be dread- 



t 11 -JJ rrn-- THE WHIKLIUIO BEKTLE. 



fully giddy. Inis is 



the little Whirligig beetle, and if you try to 

 catch him so that you may have a good look 

 at him, down he dives to the bottom of the 

 pool and clings with his front pair of legs to a 

 weed growing under the water. But he does 

 not care to stay long below ; his beat is at 

 the top of the water, so he very soon comes 

 up again and begins whirling round and round 

 as fast as ever. 



