One must always have tea with the butterflies. What would be the point of one without the other? What use is the rim of a tea cup if not to sit a butterfly? In between sips of course. 

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The garden exploded with laughter and applause. The trees slapping their leaves together in approval.  What a lovely idea said the lemon tree, I hadn’t thought of that. lemons were usually a sour voice amongst the fun, but not today, not in the presence of butterflies, it wasn't possible

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The frogs have the ponds, and the squirrels have the branches, each leg with a stepping stone all its own. What better a butterfly pond than warm tea in a bowl, and a branch of ceramic to stand upon. Delightful as a butterfly is, and the tea cup has such a delicate smile.  They deserve each other. 

 

To share flowers with the bees seems fine for a time. But to see a butterfly, on a tea cup, is divine.