THE BUTTERFLY CATCHER

Once upon  a time in a far faarrr away ‘kampung’ lived a young boy name ZACK. Zack was a hyperactive child who love to catch butterflies. He caught the butterflies so he can look at the wonderful colors the butterflies have. In his collection Zack has a wide array of different sizes and colorful butterflies which he caught using his looonngg and BIG butterfly net. One day while on his way to school, Zack suddenly spotted a very big and unique butterfly which he never seen before. He quickly run home to get his butterfly net and his glass container where he kept all his butterflies. Soon after that he rushed back to the spot where he has seen the butterfly and luckily for him it was still there. Without hesitation Zack swing his butterfly net at the butterfly but before he can catch it the butterfly flew off. When he see the butterfly tried to run away Zack quickly chased after it while swinging his butterfly net hysterically. Suddenly, while chasing the butterfly Zack lose his footing and fell down. Due to the fall, Zack injured his knees at the same time his long and big  butterfly net broke into two and his glass container shatter into pieces letting all his butterfly collection free. Seeing all his hard catch butterflies flew away in front of him made Zack very SAD…. For days Zack cried for all his butterfly collection which he loss and for his broken butterfly net. But on the 7th day after the tragedy, while sleeping an old man came to him. The old man said to Zack ‘Young boy you should let go of the past, there is so much wonderful things out there waiting to be discover. Life aint about how many butterflies you catch, its about how you appreciate its beauty and share it with the people you loved…’ When Zack woke up he realize it was just a dream, but the dream had made him understand that life is unpredictable, but in the end what have happened to him was right. Taking the tragedy positively Zack urge himself to get back doing the things he love so much, which is observing the beauty in butterflies. The incident have open his perspective in life and made him realize there is better way to enjoy his passion for butterflies. Now every time he wants to look at butterflies he will go to a lake garden near his home. This way he can enjoy looking at the beautiful butterflies without disturbing them. He also can look at all the wonderful insects in the garden rather then just looking at butterflies…

Morale of the story
Life is wonderful if you take things positively. It can be unpredictable some times but don’t let some mishap ruin all your dreams.

This is my real life story written in a metaphoric concept. The butterflies in the short story are d metaphor for my dreams and the long and big butterflies net are my right hand.