APRIL 27: Butterfly’s Growth
“A butterfly lays an egg on a leaf,” said daddy. “In a little while the egg becomes a caterpillar. And what do you suppose the caterpillar has for its very first meal?”
Both the children shook their heads.
“It eats some of the shell from which it came. It’s a little like moving out of a house and before leaving it entirely, eating it up!
“Then the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis and soon a butterfly. It’s a happy day for the caterpillar when it becomes a beautiful butterfly. No longer will people call it a horrid caterpillar. They will say, ‘Look at the beautiful butterfly!’
“And as the butterfly sips from the little flowers and enters right into the hearts of many of them, it whispers:
“‘I’ve been a long time coming to you, flower, but the hard crawling journey had a wonderful ending.’
“And though the flower does not altogether understand, it partly does, for it whispers: ‘Eat all of my honey and sip my sweetness, for you are my beautiful butterfly visitor!’”