mother-butterflies

Updated: May 13, 2025

Just think of taking the poor mother-butterflies away from the dear little baby-ones! ... and me having to stand there and behave like a perfect gentleman!" He looked at me, scowling: "Now, you look here: I can stand 'em single-file, but if I'm made to face 'em in squads, why, you blame nobody but yourself if I foam at the mouth and chase myself in a circle and snap at legs, you hear me?"

Marie Conway Oemler - Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man