Tuesday, June 12, 2007
why moths are brown?
Why moths are brown?
Moths were the most beautiful insects in the animal kingdom. At one time, they were more beautiful than the butterflies. They have always been helpful, kind and generous creatures. One day, the angels up in heaven were crying. They were sad because it was cloudy and they couldn’t look down upon the people on Earth. Their tears fell to the Earth as rain. The sweet little moths hated to see everyone so sad; they decided to make a rainbow. The moths figured that if they could ask their cousins, the butterflies, to help, they could all give up just a little of their colours, and they could make a beautiful rainbow.
One of the littlest moths flew to ask the queen of the butterflies to help. The butterflies were too vain and selfish to give up their colours for either the people or the angels. So, the moths decided to try and make the rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds that the winds smoothed over like glass. Unfortunately, the rainbow wasn’t big enough so the moths kept giving a little more and a little more until the rainbow stretched all the way across the sky. They had given away all their beautiful colours except brown, which didn’t fit into their beautiful rainbow.
Now the once-beautiful moths were plain and brown. The angels up in heaven saw the rainbow and became joyous. They smiled, and the warmth of their smiles shone down on the Earth as sunshine. The warm sunshine made the people on Earth happy, and they smiled too. Now every time it rains, the baby moths, who still have their colours, spread them across the sky to make more rainbows.
As a result, the moths became plain and brown till this very day.
-adapted from ‘Colourful shades of Gray’
Moths were the most beautiful insects in the animal kingdom. At one time, they were more beautiful than the butterflies. They have always been helpful, kind and generous creatures. One day, the angels up in heaven were crying. They were sad because it was cloudy and they couldn’t look down upon the people on Earth. Their tears fell to the Earth as rain. The sweet little moths hated to see everyone so sad; they decided to make a rainbow. The moths figured that if they could ask their cousins, the butterflies, to help, they could all give up just a little of their colours, and they could make a beautiful rainbow.
One of the littlest moths flew to ask the queen of the butterflies to help. The butterflies were too vain and selfish to give up their colours for either the people or the angels. So, the moths decided to try and make the rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds that the winds smoothed over like glass. Unfortunately, the rainbow wasn’t big enough so the moths kept giving a little more and a little more until the rainbow stretched all the way across the sky. They had given away all their beautiful colours except brown, which didn’t fit into their beautiful rainbow.
Now the once-beautiful moths were plain and brown. The angels up in heaven saw the rainbow and became joyous. They smiled, and the warmth of their smiles shone down on the Earth as sunshine. The warm sunshine made the people on Earth happy, and they smiled too. Now every time it rains, the baby moths, who still have their colours, spread them across the sky to make more rainbows.
As a result, the moths became plain and brown till this very day.
-adapted from ‘Colourful shades of Gray’