TRAVELING BUTTERFLIES 
“Uncle Jack, where have all these butterflies come 
from?” cried Buddy, as reddish brown butterflies flew 
about his head. “There is a whole flock of them, and they 
are all flying toward the north as if they knew where 
they were going.” 
“They do know,” replied Uncle Jack, with a twinkle 
in his eye. “They are going home, and their home is a 
long way from here.” 
“Butterflies don’t have homes that they go back to like 
people do,” declared Marylee. “At least, I never heard 
of it if they do.” 
“You are right, Marylee,” Uncle Jack agreed. “But¬ 
terflies do not have houses for homes. But these butter¬ 
flies lived in the north last fall. When the winter cold 
began, they came south where it is warmer, so that they 
would not freeze to death. Now they are going back for 
the summer, because the north is really their home.” 
“Do you mean that these butterflies lived in the north 
last year, and then came south to spend the winter the 
way the birds do?” Buddy asked as if he were much 
puzzled. 
“Yes, Buddy, that is what these Monarch butterflies 
do. Now that winter is past, they are going back north,” 
Uncle Jack assured him. “Most butterflies die when it 
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