"One dayasmall opening appearedin a cocoon, a mansat and watchedthe butterfly forseveral hours asit struggledto makeits body throughthat little hole.Soit seemed tostop making anyprogress.
It seemedthat shehad gotten asfar as it couldand could notgo on.So the man decidedto help the butterfly: he tookascissors and cutthe cocoon.The butterfly thenemerged easily.But her body waswitheredand small, and she had shriveled wings.
The man continuedto watch the butterflybecause he expected thatat anymoment, the wingswould enlarge andexpand to be ableto support the bodywhich would become strongin time.
Nothinghappened!In fact, the butterflyspent the rest ofits life crawling aroundwithawithered bodyandshriveledwings.Shewas never able tofly.What the manin his kindnessand hastedid notunderstand wasthat the restricting cocoonand the struggle requiredfor the butterfly toget through the tinyopening wasthe waythat naturecaused thethrottle bodyfluidtobetheirwings sothat she would beready for flightonce it achieved itsfreedom from the cocoon."