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蝴蝶的翅膀
butterfly's wings
佚名 / anonymous
one day a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. then it seemed to stop making any progress. it appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. so the man decided to help the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. the butterfly then emerged easily.
but it had a swollen body and small, shrivelled wings. the man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. neither happened! in fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. it never was able to fly. what the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the