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S and her daughter found a Monarch caterpillar the other week, and spent a lot of effort on finding milkweed plants (S went to every nursery in town, and found 1 plant, which was just a baby and only kept Stripes (the caterpillar) going for a day or so). Then, a few days ago, Stripes pupated! A lime-green blob! And finally, yesterday, Stripes hatched into a butterfly!!!! Amazing! Stripes looks so totally different now... I'm ever-so-impressed. Also impressed that they managed to feed Stripes enough and keep him/her alive!
My cousin has great changes coming,
One day he'll awake with wings
Cousin caterpillar,
White and silky threads for you
Cousin caterpillar,
Can you tell me what they do?
Well, all that I can say
Is that they seem to help some way
To move my little body along,
To move my little body along
Well, at first I didn't know their use
But worry and you only lose,
So I said "I love you and I love what you do
Come on, do your thing!"
Doot-dah, doo-doo-dah, doo-doo-dah, doo-doo-dah ...
--The Incredible String Band
My cousin has great changes coming,
One day he'll awake with wings
Cousin caterpillar,
White and silky threads for you
Cousin caterpillar,
Can you tell me what they do?
Well, all that I can say
Is that they seem to help some way
To move my little body along,
To move my little body along
Well, at first I didn't know their use
But worry and you only lose,
So I said "I love you and I love what you do
Come on, do your thing!"
Doot-dah, doo-doo-dah, doo-doo-dah, doo-doo-dah ...
--The Incredible String Band