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D R A G O N F L Y Adaptation by ~ Connie Once upon a time, in a beautiful crystal pool, lived two waterbugs. They were the closest of friends! They played together, they buzzed together. Why! They did everything that waterbugs can do together! One lazy, hot summer day, they noticed a few of the other waterbugs climbing onto a water lily, floating gently on top of the lake. They began to notice that after the waterbugs rested a moment or two in the water lily, they would wander over to the edge and disappear on the other side. The two friends were very curious, wondering where the other waterbugs had gone and what might have happened to them. They couldn't ask the waterbugs who had disappeared over the side of the water lily, for none ever returned to tell the story. As they pondered this mysterious happening, the two friends made a pact. They promised each to the other that if one of them ever disappeared over the side of the waterlily, he would come back to the cherished friend and tell of the wonders that lay on the other side. Many months passed, and the friends played and buzzed and enjoyed the life they had been given. One day, one of the waterbugs went up the waterlily and over the edge. In an instant, he turned into a beautiful and graceful dragonfly! He was in amazement of his splendor and flew around happily! His body was so light! His movement so free!! But then he remembered the long-ago pact he made with his friend. He was supposed to return to the crystal lake and tell his friend what lay beyond the water lily. Several times, he tried to go back into the lake. But, try as he might, he could not go back into the water. Finally, he gave up. He knew even if he went back to tell his friend, his friend would not recognize him in his new body, and since he became a dragonfly, he did not communicate in the same language as before. These thoughts saddened the dragonfly even more. Then one day, as he was resting on a nearby flower, thinking of his friend, it occured to him! He would see his friend again! He would see his dearly loved friend, when the friend crossed over the side of the water lily and became a dragonfly too!! *1952 ~ 2001* and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. ~Psalm 36:5-7~  
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