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Tl Fly Away Written by V Jeffers Illustrated by Stephanie McDaniel
Dedicated to the one and only Monarch, God my Father who gave me this book. Thank you, dearest Father. May your book have “wings” is our prayer, dear Father. ILL FLY AWAY Copyright © 2012 by V Jeffers Published by Wahoo Publishing, LLC P.O. Box 1092 Keller, TX 76244-1092 U.S.A. Phone No. 817-584-1430 Produced in Little Rock, AR May 2012 Intended for children ages 6 and above All rights reserved. Except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher. Printed by offset Press. Batch 1. United States of America 1st Edition More than 118,000 in print
“Oh, what a beautiful morning,” sang Meri Monarcha, the monarch butterfly. The air was crisp and cool as she sipped the sweet nectar flitting from flower to flower. She flew high into a tree to get a better glimpse of the sun shining ever so brightly. It brought such warmth to her on this brisk clear day.
Suddenly, Meri Monarcha was startled by what seemed to be someone crying. Following the sobbing voice, she fluttered close to the ground landing among a cluster of flowers. The crying continued becoming louder and louder. At last, in the deep grass, Meri Monarcha saw a caterpillar. 4
“Why the tears little caterpillar? What has made you so sad that you cry?” asked Meri Monarcha. “Now, let's dry those eyes and blow that nose. Let me introduce myself. My name is Meri Monarcha, and I want to be your friend.”
“You do? You really mean it? You want to be my friend,” sniffed the little caterpillar as he tried not to cry. “Oh, thank you, thank you. You are so beautiful and kind. Thank you dear, sweet...Meri Monarcha is it?” “There, there,” replied Meri Monarcha, “now this is much better little friend. Maybe we could start with you telling me your name!” 6
* 4 ut ie teat tose,Ne csF{ype e *&ny Mh aye Oe en ee Sd RS ay au, Pettey. A ane Baateer oj “Oh no! I knew it would come to this,” said the caterpillar. “This is one of the reasons I was crying. I do not like my name, and my friends make fun of me. My name is Wormy Willy! Everybody just calls me Wormy. They make fun of me because all I do is crawl along the ground, over sticks, stones and through the deep grass.”
eeioe ptt “I want to be beautiful like you, Meri Monarcha. I want to see things up high like you do. I want to fly, too! You are able to see things up high and down low. Please help me, Meri Monarcha. I do not like being called Wormy! Would you, should you, could you, help me dear friend? Oh, please, please, please!” ant 4 i : ae ae 9 Pitsgt& ae Oe ries ; r e s ifs ‘a i: ¢tees3 *Aiie2* MU Pogie RY is ee Meri Monarcha laughed and said, “May I call you Willy?” “What a wonderful place to start. Yipee! Yipee! Yipee! You have already made my day, Willy joyfully said.
=“ Fe t,m fey” jet * ws SeRate ee ’ ia F a l ”2 here9 ale - . wee “ - ome 2 ; . sagt # a , eeOYre nt wi Mast 7 a et aioe: Cow “ TTT cat ete a . ee o +a 7 eet eGSee . aot ne % in, ao wa we, ’ wee oi “ve ps ttn a“ MO IT tenia Neto ia : BienSee agg BTot p~- te adaleaey ateee F “ #ana r e a” Fe vit # seaeee eu wRaWei ae Be ag hg aa Pant eaVEa >stWag at Oga STS Le wee ae noes “O.K. Willy. Crawl upon this bush and let me tell you a secret,’ said Meri Monarcha. “Oh, do I love secrets!” exclaimed Willy.
oh> “ ya sae ‘ sot Se ae at =p toga We - . « a Sony taal ddl oahkg Peas Bae Bet ne A en tes oe dy “ > ahi dal hae hal psi 4.8 Gay, ite ieBa a :® Pe Re tiySeayee 8 Ns, : “4 nates le we hag Os, ele agape ow SEO SP RE “Well, not too long ago, I was a caterpillar just like you!” “You must be kidding.” said Willy. “Changes had to be made in my life before I became a beautiful new creature and could fly.” 10
eee > st tyMees . . : Pygeotea eet : ees ’ “What kind of changes? How did you change?” questioned Willy. “Good questions, Willy. You are on the right track. | must say you are one smart caterpillar. Changes begin to happen when you start asking questions. 11
1ee 2 aprtes The first step is to realize there is more in life than being a worm and feeling sorry for yourself. You were made by God and for God. You were made to be used by him. He has extra special plans for each one of us.” “Oh, Meri Monarcha, you mean God really, really loves me? I really, reall matter to him, and he wants me to be what he wants and not what I want?” 12
a e ee Ag PualtOS‘ :‘s es.TMabe n e e Wy&a*“er iets ¥ Be ae a4 mae iahy pe ‘ ee ong-,rJveSinesaet f ; o of fe ; ¥, ahve naa : ef tan gt hae - sae tySea a s T - : " . en astteyye o's con esaGhese hs 4 ? ¥ ‘ie 6 . Fae REE 4 oes stefe hae FOES 4 weJt 9 r8 d e w tsHF LA Shey eel aril Pie ar Bs “3 é “i agifen2 he ges ne . ne Me oP Triadateatte a : os, hp ’ é , ; te ¢ttae, grantee" fete : ‘ tasrye, egies ned 4 : ; v's Fait ‘ ey , et ‘ va ’ 4 1 yhtWs ae gh o y gt ts ' ’ 2 ghiteor Digg atl lig yAfobs Bem, sige penser pints ry ae Aa ae als OLR ee) 7 ay ae: des ; ‘ DY eee ‘ ‘yt t a ary # a" ‘ s fie tea ‘ Pabtgyy oor ; : aA, He ee pese tehat Jee aN H lett i ie itis ‘ 4 gt SegrFy eo iy” ag 4 : HP te dy‘ sa" ve PETAL €d FTGeae MDa stat! ley - .1 i, aa? nas ‘ ee Tee she F¢ ‘ | rf exit ve , : . 'oe ¢ ‘ w n ¥ y4 Od gkentF y +2 has ate ett Mate MEM p P F Feet J Joe Pett gs 8 ot ; : ‘sw vd Boat / vtees gant I" sietae aie j sf as a Ate ‘wey : , 4 t 19S ‘iia - ‘ RSSAS| ‘ ig P e ; ;: ; 5 et ga ie” 8 a* ePa‘i Rs Meri Monarcha was so excited. “Willy, you are such a wise caterpillar. |am so proud of you!” “Tell me, oh please tell me sweet Meri Monarcha, tell me more! How did you change?” “Well, first of all...you are going to love this Willy. I have another secret!” “I can keep secrets, Meri Monarcha. I promise, I promise, I promise! Oh please, hurry and tell me dear friend. I can’t stand the wait.’ 13
~ —* ae f Satae a thagilane' sian . ‘ s Pherae fi A o SE nasa, dn on as wt tagPie Perea ae S e a h tientw Se “Well...my name used to be...Wormy Willene!” “Wormy Willene, Wormy Willene!” Wormy Willy was laughing so hard he almost fell out of the bush! “You are so very, very funny Meri Monarcha.” “Well it is funny now, but it wasn’t back then. That is why it is important for you to help others, too. Everybody needs to know God loves each one of us. Each of us matter and is very, very special to God. Everyone has an extra special place in God’s heart for his work here on earth.” 14