[DeepL Translation - needs review] A children's story by Nankichi Niimi, a children's literature writer of the early Showa period. It was first published in the 10th anniversary issue of "Hiiragi Ryo" [the magazine of Aichi Handa Junior High School Gakuyu-kai, 1928], and was written by Nankichi in the second semester of his third year of junior high school. It was not published in book form until after his death, when it was included in "The Complete Works of Nankichi Niimi," Vol. 2 [Dai Nih...
This was cute and I enjoyed the scene setting, but it wasn't my favorite of the author's works by any means. A story told from the perspective of a red dragonfly.
You will more than likely need a popup dictionary to read this, but grammar wise it's very smooth. Something unlikely to be in your dictionary but frequently seen in the text is the use of かあいい which so far as I can tell from googling, a slightly childish way of saying かわいい. It doesn't seem to be out of use entirely.