Flying a beetle

Elvine, Jordynie and Lolita, the little girls in the house, are standing around the dinner table, all excited. I go over to see what all the fuss is about.
They have captured a rather beautiful, custard yellow beetle and are trying to attach a piece of string to one of its legs. This is not an easy task, especially as the girls seem a bit reluctant to actually touch the beastie. It's only when their elder cousin, Babette, turns up that their efforts result in success. Babette is not scared to pick up the beetle between thumb and index finger while she instructs little Jordynie to make a loop in the string and tie it to one of the insect's six legs.
After two failed attempts they finally manage to attach the string to the hapless beetle. The excitement mounts: "Go, go, take it outside", Babette urges her younger cousins. On the porch she instructs little Jordynie, who holds the piece of string with the beetle dangling from one end, to throw it in the air.
At first the poor beetle doesn't seem to understand what its captors want of it, but after having been tossed into the air a couple of times it finally opens its shield, spreads its wings and tries to fly away. Of course it can't get far with its leg tied up. The girls scream with delight as it buzzes around like an animated little kite on the end of its piece of string.
Fortunately for the beetle the string hasn't been attached to its leg all that firmly. After a few minutes it manages to free itself and flies away. The girls run after it, laughing and squealing.