The moment when what looks like a dormant pupa bursts and the new being emerges, the metamorphosis from the clumsy infant to a graceful adult being. The process is slow, the cocoon is not easily broken, the old skin takes effort to shed. Gradually, bit by bit, what used to be the larva is breaking out into the adult world full of danger and wonders. Frightened yet enthusiastic, it is making its way out of the hard shell that was its hideaway during the transformation, leaving the empty shape of its past self clasped to the branch.
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