The Tale of Betsy Butterfly
The Tale of Betsy Butterfly
Tuck-Me-In Tales
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tsy that she wanted to say something disagreeable to her.
"Hasn't this been a lovely day?" Betsy Butterfly cried happily, as soon as she noticed Mrs. Ladybug. "I've enjoyed every moment of it. Ever since I saw you in the flower garden this morning I've been here in the meadow, flitting from one blossom to another."
"You might better have spent a little of your time in a different way," Mrs. Ladybug remarked with a frown.
Betsy Butterfly looked up in surprise, withdrawing her long tongue from the blossom in which she had just buried it.
"Ugh!" A shudder shook prim Mrs. Ladybug. "Please coil your tongue!" she begged. "I can't bear the sight of it. But I must say that I ought not to expect good manners in a person who goes about looking as untidy as you do."
Betsy Butterfly laughed gaily.
"I didn't know you were such a joker!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm not joking," Mrs. Ladybug said. "I mean every word I say."
"Then I wouldn't talk so much,
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She died killed by a kid that thought the book he was starting to read was a fine Mafia thriller. It was a children's picture book.
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She died killed by a kid that thought the book he was starting to read was a fine Mafia thriller. It was a children's picture book.
I won't spoil the reader's fun guessing how the murder was performed. Extraordinary!
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