Children's story

Summer Garden

 

My name is Lily. My mom named me after her favorite flower, and boy does she love flowers! She has a garden in our backyard full of fruits, vegetables, and the most beautiful flowers you could imagine. But Momma tells me that I’m her most precious lily and she loves me with all her heart.

 

In the summertime, when the sun is hot and the days are long, I help Momma water the plants. One day when I was watering I saw a small green caterpillar eating a leaf. He was a cute little bug so I named him Henry. I watched him for hours just imagining what he would tell me if he could talk. Maybe he’d tell me about all his ladybug friends or about how terrible it is to eat leaves all day.

I watched Henry for days until one day I couldn’t find him. I was so upset I went to cry to Momma. She came outside with me and pointed at a little green bundle hanging from a stem. She told me that Henry was in there and he’d come out when he was ready, and he’d be more beautiful than he’d ever been. So I sat there and waited, and waited, and waited.

I eventually gave up on that idea and almost completely forgot about Henry. Then a couple weeks later when I was watering my momma’s plant I saw that the green bundle was all torn up. Poor Henry, Something must have eaten him. But before I knew it I saw a butterfly fluttering it’s breathtaking wings of bright pink, orange and yellow. It swiftly landed on my shoulder and I knew right away that it was Henry. Henry was a butterfly! Momma was right, he sure was pretty too.