00:00Never could get the hang of that sleeping on one leg.
00:17Good morning, Father.
00:19Say, Sonny, where are you going with the salt shaker?
00:23I'm hunting for dragonflies, Father.
00:25I'm going to put salt on their tail so I can catch them.
00:28Why, Son, that's not the way to catch dragonflies.
00:33Birds, maybe, but not dragonflies.
00:37Oh, we're going to catch a dragonfly, me, my son, and I.
00:41And when we catch a dragonfly, we're going to make a pie.
00:46Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me.
00:49I'm going to Louisiana.
00:52Louisiana? Why am I going to Louisiana?
00:55You're not, Dad. You're going to show me how to catch a dragonfly.
00:59And sure words were never spoken.
01:03Viola, if it isn't a dragonfly sitting on a lily pad down there,
01:09we're going to sneak up on them, which calls for the strictest silence.
01:14I'm so proud of my father.
01:19Such coordination and sheer poetry of motion.
01:27How would you like that, son?
01:29A perfect three-point landing.
01:32But, Father, I only counted two points.
01:35Where's the third one?
01:36I'm keeping it under my hat.
01:38You watch your father, and I'll give you a crash course on dragonfly catching.
01:46Oh, good morning.
01:48Very good outside weather we are having.
01:50That was one of them that just passed.
01:53You just keep your eyes on your old dad,
01:55and I'll give you lesson number uno.
01:59Call it the direct approach.
02:02I went to sleep the other night.
02:05Do-da, do-da.
02:07Going to sleep all night.
02:09Going to sleep all day.
02:11I bet my money in a bobtail nag.
02:13With a banjo on my knee.
02:16Hey, we make beautiful music together.
02:19Allow me to introduce myself, C.L. Crane, Esquire.
02:23And I am a dragonfly.
02:26A dragonfly, eh?
02:28Yes, I come from a long line of dragons.
02:30I hope you're prepared to substantiate that.
02:34Here are my credentials.
02:36Bye-bye.
02:37Well, what do you know?
02:40A fire-breathing dragonfly.
02:43Another way to catch dragonflies is with a piece of string.
02:47Oh, father, I'm learning so much.
02:50All you do is tie a knot to one end and make a lasso out of it.
02:55Then, when the quarry least expects it, you will sue him.
03:01Oh, nothing makes me so mad as getting lassoed.
03:07Hey there.
03:09Cut that out.
03:10You hear me?
03:11I'm turning a deaf ear.
03:13I guess you didn't hear me.
03:16Say, I think I've discovered a new water sport.
03:19Don't know whether to call it water dragonflyin' or dragonflyin' sheen.
03:29Oh, my gosh.
03:31I can't stand height.
03:34Just let go of the string, father.
03:38Of course.
03:39Why didn't I think of that?
03:41What a relief.
03:43Why, a person could fall.
03:45Fall.
03:47I'm falling.
03:49Father, you forgot to fly.
03:52Flap your wings.
03:54Wings?
03:55Oh, uh, oh, yeah.
03:58Say, son, I hope you don't really think your father forgot to flap his wings.
04:04I was, uh, just testing you to see if you were paying attention.
04:08I wonder if he bought that.
04:13What is it, father?
04:15Can't you tell?
04:17It's a girl dragonfly.
04:19I figure he'll fall in love with her and be lured into captivity.
04:23I deal it out of bits and pieces of string and stuff.
04:26But, father, a dragonfly isn't that dumb.
04:29He'll never fall for it.
04:31Boy, is he wrong there.
04:33I would, too, fall for her.
04:35I think she's very good-looking and pretty.
04:37I'll just drop her in this cage and let nature take its course.
04:41When he goes into the cage, the door drops down, and I got him.
04:46Now to get his attention with my dragonfly collar.
04:51Tree-hee.
04:52Tree-hee.
04:53Oh, she's calling to me in the language of love.
04:57I return the call right back.
04:59Tree-hee.
05:01Tree-hee.
05:01I tell you what that means, but it's censored.
05:06Now I got to go.
05:10What do you know?
05:12Now I'm a prisoner of love.
05:14I just get here, and she walks out on me.
05:16Oh, well, she's better to have lost and loved than never to have left at all.
05:22Who's laughing?
05:26I just found a great recipe for dragonfly pie.
05:31Dragonfly, you are about to be immortalized in pastry.
05:35How does that grab you?
05:37I'd much rather have the pastry inside of me instead of all around on my outside.
05:41The recipe calls for lots of pepper.
05:45Hey, no.
05:47Don't do that.
05:48Hurry.
05:51Achoo!
05:54You know what they say?
05:56If you can't stand the heat, get out from the kitchen.
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