TT got a butterfly garden for Christmas. Best Christmas present ev-ah! We ordered caterpillars online, and then had to wait about a week for them to show up. And then we watched the caterpillars form their chrysalises and eventually emerge as butterflies.
TT has taken better care of her butterflies than she does her furry pets. Every day she cuts up fresh oranges for them, and she carts them all over the house in their little habitat. But, alas, we are down to one survivor, Martha. This morning Martha sucked the orange juice right off TT's fingers, and TT wears her around the house, clinging to TT's shirt. Martha has become TT's constant companion.
I thought that TT would be upset by her other butterflies' passing---but she has been remarkably undisturbed. A couple of days ago she caught a large wolf spider in a jar. Later, I noticed some other objects in the jar, and picked it up for a closer inspection. TT had put her dead butterflies in the jar for spider food.
Martha had better hope that TT doesn't catch any more spiders anytime soon!
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