Katie curled up for a rest. She didn’t know that this would be a magical rest created by Mother Nature to transform her totally. Gradually and naturally, her shape changed into soft wings, a little head with antennae, while a hard covering formed around her new soft and delicate body. Then one warm, spring day, it was time to come out.
“I feel Gooood,” Katie said to herself. She stretched out her four new wings to dry in the sunlight. “I feel like singing.” And without thinking about it, she piped out in her new butterfly voice,
De de de de
De de de de
I am Joy!
It was a very simple song. “I found my song!” Then she looked at herself. “I’m not a caterpillar anymore. I’m a butterfly! I require a new name!” So she named herself Bodacious Butterfly because that’s how she felt about herself—inside and out. “My friends can call me Bo.” Her wings being dry, she took off for a test flight and landed on a nearby rose.
“Hello. What’s your name? Mine’s Bo”
“Hello. I’m known as Rosalina. Would you like some nectar and some pollen to brush on my neighbors?”
“Yes, please. That would be yummy! I will try out my handy new nectar tube. Thank you, Ms. Rosalina.” Then she took off again. “I’m flying just like Eagle. I’m going to fly to all my friends and sing them my new song. So off she went to visit Pamela Pine Tree, Felicia Fawn, Tommy Turtle, and Bright-Eye Eagle (when he had landed on a low branch). All throughout meadow and forest, a new tune floated. It became a hit: “De de de de, de de de de, I am Joy!” repeated many times by trees, animals, and even her new flower friends with their attendant flower fairies whistling an accompaniment.
Draw Katie (Bo) Butterfly and Watch and Listen to Nisa Nature Read
Copyright, Feb. 13, 2010 Earthchild Inspire, LLC
By Nisa Margaret Montie, Brinklow, MD USA
