There was once a Kingdom of butterflies, and the King and Queen had three little baby girl caterpillars. As time went on, two of the caterpillars grew big and beautiful, they were plump, and had lavender stripes on them. While the third was scrawny, wrinkled, dry and ugly. One day, their mom the Queen told them that she was getting old, and would need someone to take her place. She explained that the most beautiful butterfly, after they all cocooned, would take the throne.
Time went by fast, and the pretty caterpillars were getting better looking, deeper colored, and more striped. They each thought they would win for sure. While the third one was still ugly, skinny, and blotchy. She new she would never even have a chance at winning.
Finally, the day came and all three of them cocooned. The next days were filled with suspense for the whole Kingdom. Two and a half weeks later, the cocoons started to hatch open. The first beautiful caterpillar revealed herself as a gorgeous fuchsia butterfly. The queen thought that her first offspring would win for sure. Then, the second beautiful butterfly appeared, and it was just as gorgeous as the first, except chartreuse in color. The Queen thought that this was going to be a very tough decision. Finally, the scrawny caterpillar emerged butt first, in an awkward position. The queen was starting to feel bad, but then the little caterpillar turned around no one could believe their eyes! It was the most stunning butterfly they had ever seen. It had fuchsia, chartreuse, and periwinkle stripes, and had huge dazzling wings.
The Queen was very proud and gave crown to the third butterfly, and the other two were gracious losers. The sisters of the new Queen became royal advisers, and they all lived happily 'til the end of their days.
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