There were 2 caterpillars - named Jack and Jill...
Jack said to Jill , "I dont like this butterfly that hovers around me all day "
Jill was worried and didn't know what to say.
Jack went crawling to eat grass the next day and as soon as he left , the butterfly came fluttering around Jill.
Jill was scared and asked him to go away , the butterfly tried telling Jill that she too someday could and would fly...
That night Jill could not sleep. She had dreams of wings...
Jack was annoyed at Jill for being so silly and believing the lying butterfly...
Jack was now worried and went to speak to the wise elders.
"This is a serious problem" they said. "The butterfly will illusion all of us away.
We must do something to stop this" , and they decided to kill the butterfly.
Jack went home and told Jill she must make friends with the butterfly and invite him home one day.
Jill was thrilled and so was the butterfly and they met next day on a leaf near by.
The butterfly spoke with passion to Jill and showed her how he sucked honey from the flowers and flew around trees...
Ans as he was explaining , there came the wise caterpillar and tried and killed the innocent butterfly..
Jill cried and cried and no one could console her. She did not speak to Jack that day.
Jill covered herself in a thinck dark blanket and was gone...
Jack was hurt and thought he had lost his love..
Jack was lonely and cried all day , he would not eat and hoped Jill would emerge from the shell one day...
And then... after a few days....the blanket did open..Jack trembeled and was waiting to see what would happen..
He then saw a beautiful butterfly emerge, She spread her wings and hovered around Jack with love..
Jack was transformed and ran to the elders, to tell them of this marvelous miracle.
Obviously , no one believed him , because each caterpillar must die in his/her own shell to emerge and fly in the beautiful sky...
I can continue on this and write volumes , and if a caterpillar had a mind of its own,then sure they would have been a religion to follow.!
- Thank you Shradha for this one. It's rather beautiful to know and learn so much from nature.
