The Dragonfly
~Unknown~
Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily
pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community
of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable
life in the pond with few disturbances and
interruptions.
Once in a while, sadness would come to the community
when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of
a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when
this happened; their friend was dead, gone forever.
Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an
irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was
determined that he would not leave forever. He would
come back and tell his friends what he had found at the
top.
When he reached the top and climbed out of the water
onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and
the sun felt so warm, that he decided he must take a
nap. As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up,
he had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly
with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying.
So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a
whole new world and a far superior way of life to what
he had never known existed.
Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were
thinking by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to
tell them, and explain to them that he was now more
alive than he had ever been before. His life had been
fulfilled rather than ended.
But, his new body would not go down into the water. He
could not get back to tell his friends the good news.
Then he understood that their time would come, when
they, too, would know what he now knew. So, he raised
his wings and flew of into his joyous new life!
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