At the base of a towering milkweed stalk, an excited caterpillar wriggled with delight, its plump green body banded in black and yellow like tiny celebratory streamers.
Morning dew still clung to the leaves, glistening like jewels in the golden light, but the caterpillar had no time to marvel—it had found it.
Nestled in the crook where two sturdy leaves met was a silken cradle it had spun itself, a cozy hammock of threads that smelled of sunlight and sap.
The caterpillar wriggled in circles, antennas twitching wildly, before clambering into its tiny sanctuary with enthusiastic determination.
It wiggled in place, testing every thread, every curve, as if reacquainting itself with the familiar comfort of its woven nest.
The breeze whispered through the tall grass, and nearby beetles scurried past on errands of their own, but the caterpillar only nestled deeper into its leafy nook, heart racing with joy.
This was where it would rest, where it would dream, where its transformation would begin.
And though it could not yet imagine wings, it knew—deep in every wriggling segment—that it was exactly where it was meant to be.
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