Butterfly

What looks like a flower that flies through the air? It’s a butterfly!

The butterfly is an insect that flies. It starts as an egg. The egg hatches into a caterpillar. It eats many leaves. It eats until it is full.

The caterpillar goes under a leaf. It forms a hard outer shell. It looks like a dead, brown leaf. Inside the shell, it turns into a pretty butterfly! It comes out of the shell ready to fly.

Butterflies have six legs. They drink juice from flowers. They float in the air. Then it is time to lay eggs. The life of a butterfly starts again.