Just the other day I was outside playing with my dogs when I noticed a humongous fuzzy caterpillar crawling on the ground. I had to act quick before Polka Dot slurped it up. I ran and got a jar, stuck him in and put a piece of paper over the opening so it couldn't get out. I was going to show Lean when she got out of school and I imagined we'd let it crawl all over enjoying its antics. "Look at him crawl!" "He's so big!" " Oh my gawwwwwwwwwwsh he's just so cute"
But dang, I forgot all about him until the next day. Uh oh, what if he's dead? The Horror!
But he wasn't dead, he had spun his chrysalis around himself inside the jar. Now we could watch him hatch out and see his first flight. It was gonna be so great!
Lean loved seeing him all cocooned up and so we just waited.
Last night I gathered up all the dirty glasses and ran the dishwasher cuz I'm all clean and organized like that. This morning I went to get Lean a clean glass and dear me I saw I had put the jar with the caterpillar in it through the dishwasher. Say it isn't so. It's so. He went through the entire cycle. The good thing is I didn't have it on disinfect or heated dry so he could possibly be okay. You think?
I hope PETA doesn't get wind of this.
7 comments:
I'm on the line with PETA now. They are on their way right now, as soon as they figure how to find Wacko, Texas.
Oooooooh,you are gonna get it!
Poor little future butterfly! This is why I never clean!
Oh geez.
The HORROR!
I hope he is okay!
You should make some kind of home-made spirit in that jar. It'll be like the worms in tequilla or the lump of meat in cider...
Yeah... I don't know if caterpillars can swim...
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