A biology teacher was speaking
to his class on how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told the
students that in the next couple of hours, the butterfly would struggle
to come out of the cocoon. But, he also cautioned that no one should
help the butterfly. Then he left.
The students were waiting. The
butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon. Now, one of the students
took pity on it and decided to help the butterfly out of the cocoon
against the advice of his teacher. He broke the cocoon to help the
butterfly so it didn�t have to struggle anymore. But shortly afterwards
that butterfly died.
When the teacher returned, he was told of what
had happened. He explained to this student that by helping the
butterfly, he had actually killed it because it is a law of nature that
the struggle to come out of the cocoon helps develop and strengthen its
wings. The boy had deprived the butterfly of its struggle and the
butterfly died.
