Giving The Butterfly Expert A Case Of The Butterflies
Camping in the summer is a tradition in my family, especially since my grandparents have a trailer. I’m a small, bookish elementary schooler and my grandfather is watching me play in front of the trailer.
An adult volunteer is going around the campground inviting children to a program about butterflies native to Michigan, including monarchs.
Volunteer: “Hello! Do you like butterflies?”
Me: “Yeah, why?”
Volunteer: “We’re going to have a program with them soon. You can find out where monarch butterflies live!”
Me: “Don’t they live here and then fly all the way to Mexico?”
Volunteer: “Um… yes! Do you know what they eat?”
Me: “Yeah! They eat milkweed as caterpillars because it makes them taste gross to predators, and when they’re grown up they drink nectar, but they still taste bad so birds don’t eat them.”
Volunteer: “That’s right!”
The volunteer gets increasingly flustered as I geek out over monarch butterflies, oblivious to her struggle. When the volunteer gives me the details of the program and scurries away, I turn around to see my grandfather quietly laughing.
Me: “What?”
Grandfather: “I don’t think she expected you to know so much about butterflies!”
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