Monarch Memories
Personal memory by Ashlyn Roy
2012 • Massachusetts, USA
I remember when I was younger seeing many many monarch butterflies. Every Spring and Summer I would look forward to seeing them. But as I got older the numbers would decrease. As a gift I got a butterfly bush that bloomed bright violet flowers. There were six monarchs that visited it every day this year. It was a hopeful moment.
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