But the girl became very sick. The corn-being flew away to the south, seeking the corn maidens to help the girl recover and to comfort the children. When the corn maidens arrived, they gave the children food and told them that they were beloved by the gods. They were destined to become great leaders, the mother and father of their people.

The land grew fertile again and the people returned to their village, finding the boy and girl they had left behind. Because they gods had visited the children and blessed them, they became great leaders of their people, just as the corn maidens had foretold.

But the corn-being was lonely and wished for a companion. He went to the boy and asked him to make another corn-being so that he would not be alone. He asked that the boy and his people call him, his companion, and all of their offspring, dragonfly. Because the corn-being had helped him in his time of need, the boy agreed. He made a new corn-being like the old and it too came to life. The boy told the dragonfly:

"I will paint your form on sacred things to symbolize spring and the spring rains that bring health to my people. Your companion I will paint as a symbol of summer and the summer rains."

Even today, the black, white, and red dragonfly arrives in the summer with the blooming of the corn. He is followed by his companion, the green dragonfly. Together they arrive with the rains, harbingers of life and good health for the spring and summer.

(Adapated from the version of this story told by Forrest Mitchell and James Lasswell in A Dazzle of Dragonflies.)