Requiem for a Butterfly

Twice my daughter's kindergarten class raised butterflies from caterpillars. The first time, they got a lesson in the food chain, when a bird swooped down and ate one of their lovingly raised butterflies as soon as they set it free. The second time, the weather was rainy and the butterfly ceremony had to be postponed until a downpour wouldn't knock the butterflies out of the sky.How hard ...

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