Today after school L found a butterfly laying on the school blacktop. She soon realized that one of its wings was damaged, possibly stepped on by another student. She picked up the butterfly and determined to nurse it back to health, carried it home. She put it in a shoebox then cut the lid to create a "window," covering it with plastic wrap and poking a few holes in it so the butterfly could breathe. She named the butterfly Violet and even tore apart a small Dixie cup to set some water inside the box. A few hours later, though, she realized the butterfly wasn't going to get better and laid it down in our flower garden. That was followed by lots of tears. There may be a nurse in our future.
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