On the 9th of August 2011 after school, my dad, my sister and I went to pick up my dad's car opposite Meadowland's Shopping Plaza. I was walking near the water of the reserve, when I saw a butterfly stuck in the grass because it had a broken wing. I picked it up and thankfully it didn't struggle . So I went through the tunnel and came up to Barfoot and Thompson. I put her down near there and we went to get my dad's car.We then went to Medowland's Shopping Plaza to get an ice cream, I had cookies and cream and my sister had chocolate. My dad got a flat white coffee. After that I begged my dad to go back for the butterfly. I was so relieved when he drove back to the place I put the butterfly(near Barfoot and Thompson.)I tried looking everywhere but she was nowhere to be seen!!! I glanced round and then saw an orange and black fluttering thing underneath a cluster of grass. I pushed away some grass and found the butterfly shivering in the freezing cold!!! I scooped it up in my warm toasty hands.We went in the small silver cloudy coloured car. But when I shut the car door it struggled to fly and dropped out of my hands and crawled onto my Dad's seat belt.Once we got home my sister rushed to get the butterfly cage. She went to get the butterfly some flowers for the cage.When she came to me I placed the butterfly in the cage.She seemed to like it there.After a good deal of thinking for a name,we chose Lucky because she was so lucky to now have a little place for me and my sister to look after her.While my sister went inside with the butterfly I went to fetch some oranges from our orange tree. When I came back I cut up some apples and the oranges, then put the fruits in with the butterfly. It crawled over to an orange slice and sucked on it. My butterfly has the happiest life!!!!!
Here is some butterfly information:
1. If the wings are broken they do not grow back but they can be repaired (to do this go to:
http://www.livemonarch.com/ )
2. Danaus Pleippus is the scientific name for the monarch butterfly.
3. The monarch is one of the longest migrating creatures on Earth.
4. Beginning in August over 200 million Eastern monarchs(those living from the Rockies to the Atlantic ocean) migrate from their summer feeding and mating grounds in Mexico,where they spend the winter before returning to the United States in late febury and March to begin the cycle of live again.
5. In all the Monarchs will travel over 3,000 miles as a group over several generations each year. While one monarch will not make the 3,000 mile trip, it will do its part to eat milkweed, mate and continue the cycle its children, great grand children and great great grand children will ultimaly finish.The monarch knows instinctively where to go and how to get there.
By.... E.B
