172 UNDER THE OPEN SKY 



goldfish may be in an aquarium of water 

 that freezes to the centre and bursts the 

 glass; but if there has been no other calam- 

 ity, the ice will melt and release the prison- 

 ers, who will resume the dull monotony of 

 their existence, apparently unaffected by the 

 lapse in their lives. 



Next year, in June or early July, this dull 

 chrysalis will awake. The brown, stiff case 

 will split, and from it comes, slowly and with 

 great effort, a limp, flabby creature, with 

 small pads on his shoulders which within a 

 single hour will lengthen themselves out 

 into the splendid wings of our tiger swallow- 

 tail. 



THE LILY AND THE BUTTERFLY 



And it was high time he came; for the 

 gorgeous Canada lily is waiting. Its long 

 slender stamens are swinging their trembling 

 anthers in the afternoon sun and calling, 

 with all the power of their orange petals. 

 The call is strengthened by the brown 

 spots. And it is particularly this butterfly 

 for whom they are calling. He sees the 



