老人与蝴蝶.doc

There was a wonderful old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects ... One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon. He decided to take the cocoon home to watch its beautiful transformation from a little cocoon toa beautiful butterfly. He gently placed the cocoon on his kitchen table and watched over it for days. One day the cocoon started to move. It moved frantically! The old man felt sorry for the little butterfly inside. He watched it struggle and struggle! Finally the old man rushed to its aid with a scalpel and gently slit the cocoon so the butterfly could emerge. Just one slice was all it took, and the butterfly broke free from its cocoon only to wilt over pletely motionless state. The old man did not know what to think. Had he accidentally killed the little butterfly? No, it was still moving a little bit. Maybe it was sick. He was quite perplexed. He decided the best thing he could do for the butterfly was to place it gently back into its cocoon. He did so, and placed a drop of honey on it to seal the cocoon, leaving the butterfly to nestle in its natural state. The next day he noticed that the cocoon was moving again. It struggled and struggled. Finally the butterfly broke free from its cocoon and stretched its wings out. Its beautiful wings were filled with wonderful colors! It took off! It was flying! And that wonderful butterfl