A Butterfly Story

One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon

A man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours

As it struggled to force its body through the little hole

Then, it seems to stop making any progress

It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could

And it could not go any further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly

He took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon;

The butterfly then emerged easily, but it had a withered body,

It was tiny and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch because he expected that at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s body and become firm

Neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around

With a withered body and shriveled wings

It never was able to fly.