JSM - Edition Two

F lutters D ifference Flutter, the butterfly was flying around looking for a tasty snack when she spotted a beautiful garden. It was filled with lots of delicious looking flowers that looked as delicate as silk. They appeared like tiny fireworks and tasted as sweet as honey. She was immediately drawn to all their beauty and hurriedly flew down and started to feast on the nourishing pollen. Little did she know that she was being watched. Flutter, the black swallowtail has enormous shiny black wings with white and blue dots across the bottom. These dots are a reminiscent of a beautiful day with fluffy white clouds and a perfect blue sky. Flutter has a beautiful slick body that goes so well with her velvet antennae position on her gorgeous head. The other butterflies in the garden are Monarch butterflies. In Flutter’s opinion, their wings were dull oranges and too small, with unremarkable black stripes in the centre. They have a plain black body with two antennae that looked a little too gangly to suit their other features. Despite Flutter thinking they weren’t pretty at all, she was the only one that was different. She felt everyone hated her and thought it was totally unfair. When she had finished feasting she looked up to see a million eyes watching her. Although Flutter was used to others staring, she felt her face turn red as she lowered her chin with embarrassment so she snuck away to find a place she could rest. As the harsh light of day changed as the sun was setting, Flutter listened to the crickets chirping noisily to themselves. She could smell the flowers stronger than ever and she could feel a thrill of warmth run through her body. A few minutes later she was fast asleep on a comfy leaf. When she woke up the sun was peeking through the tree branches and she could feel a cold chill rush through her body. All of a sudden she heard a bird squawk and Flutter felt her tummy tie in a knot as she remembered what happened the day before. There was no time to dwell because it was time to race off to school. She packed her bags and flew off. During school she noticed everyone whispering behind her back. She felt confused and anxious. When she was in class nobody wanted to sit next to her. They all wanted to sit next to Holly and listen to all the stories she was telling about Flutter. She knew they were talking about her because everyone looked at her every time Holly finished her sentence and giggled. Mr Big Wing always ignored her and never selected her to answer any questions. Holly poked her tongue out and rolled her eyes in disgust. By the end of the day Flutter could feel her face turn red again, but this time her eyes started swelling up with massive tears, her shoulders started to slump and she let out a huge sigh. A few days later she had a brilliant idea! Instead of taking the insults she would ignore them. When Holly, the most beautiful butterfly in her class came over to Flutter with her friends and said to Flutter, “Hi ugly butterfly,” Flutter completely ignored her. Holly stood there turning bright red and clenching her fists so tight they also turned the colour of fire. Holly and her friends flicked their backs and flew away in great disgust leaving Flutter alone. Flutter chuckled quietly to herself. Ignoring them worked! What other fun would she have today?

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