Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Man And The Butterfly

A man once found a butterfly cocoon. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. The man decided to help the butterfly so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bits of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.

But it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that at any moment the wings would enlarge and expand enough to be able to support the body which would contract in time.

Neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to fly.

Posted by jack at 3:08 PM

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