Butterflies

We planted a cabbage at Spring time. Rows and rows of young shoots. The shoots grew nicely. They were adding more and more leaves. Then came butterflies. They were small and white. They planted clusters of yellow eggs on the bottom of the leaves. Our job was to wear gloves and smash the eggs. We didn't listen to much. Then the eggs became caterpillars and they started to devour our cabbage. Our job was to wear gloves and pick ugly caterpillars and put them into the jar and close the lid. I would rather smash the eggs, but now it was to late. The caterpillars were eating our cabbage. We worked hard this time. Only few caterpillars changed into the butterflies. Copyright Marie Neumann Pottsville, 4/6/09