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Butterfly

Voice #1	Voice #2
I used to be a
caterpillar
	caterpillar
munching leaves
with unquenchable	mmmmmmmmmm(softly)
hunger
	hunger
then a long sleep
	then a long sleep
	I
awoke	awoke
	examining myself in
a drop of dew	a drop of dew
	to find I was
different	different
	now I stand
	basking in the sun
	preparing
	for
preparing	flight
for	FLIGHT
FLIGHT

 

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Amanda Ditmore, Age 10
Montessori Family School
Kensington, California
Teacher: Jane Wechsler

 
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