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This is a monarch butterfly. It is a real insect. It grows and changes in steps.
It starts as a tiny egg. The egg sits under a leaf. The egg is small and white.
The egg is under a leaf. The leaf is green and wet. The egg waits in a safe place.
A small caterpillar hatches from the egg. It is long, soft, and slow. It looks for food on leaves.
It has black, yellow, and white stripes. It eats green leaves for food. It eats and grows every day.
The caterpillar grows fast and strong. Its skin feels tight now. It is getting ready to change.
It hangs from a small twig. It makes a smooth green chrysalis. Tiny gold dots shine on it.
Inside, the caterpillar changes its body. It is safe, still, and quiet. Days pass and a new butterfly forms.
The chrysalis opens. A butterfly comes out. Its wings are wet and soft.
Four orange wings have black lines. White spots shine near the edges. It has six thin legs, two antennae.
The butterfly drinks nectar from flowers. Its tongue is long, thin, and curled. It rolls out to sip sweet nectar.
Soon the butterfly flies and searches plants. It lays tiny eggs on leaves. Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly repeat.
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