Alice and the Butterfly

In Grandma's herb garden, Alice notices a flash of green and gold beneath a stem. It is a chrysalis, and inside it a butterfly is slowly becoming. Alice is enchanted. She sits beside it, waits, checks again and asks whether it might hurry, just a little.

But becoming cannot be rushed.

As wind gathers and rain approaches, Alice longs to keep the chrysalis safe. With Grandma patiently close by, she watches for each tiny change: a dark line, a tremble, the first careful movement from within. Whe...