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What Did We Do Wrong

A small caterpillar was questing for the food It entered the obscure region to search Fortunately a man escorted the kid and kept it in a box to end its quench It was like a bolt from the blue to see the box full of caterpillars They enjoyed well and never knew, the man who escorted, was the killer The pupal stage had come Every caterpillars dreamed to fly, entered into the cocoon home promised one another to meet in the sky The man suddenly wrenched the chrysalis immersed them in the hot water and annihilated the pupas and their dreams. He is doing the business of sericulture He used to rescue the eggs of silkworms, rear it merrily like a mother feeds the milk wait until they attain the pupal form, put in hotwater to separate the threads to make silk Poor silkworms in the hotwater died. Their dreams were long and their desires were wide They asked people,"What did we do wrong"?

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Date: 9/17/2016 11:22:00 PM
A very thought provoking write. Congrats on your win, Supraja.
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 9/19/2016 9:34:00 AM
Thank you so much....
Date: 9/17/2016 11:21:00 PM
What a wonderful idea, a wonderful aspect. Congratulations on ur win.
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 9/19/2016 9:33:00 AM
Thank you so much...Its a great surprise...Thank u again..Glad you liked it...
Date: 7/21/2016 9:47:00 AM
A poem that the fate of almost every animal is reflected dear, Supraja. A lot of food for thought has your writing provided! Well done! Welcome!
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 7/22/2016 9:39:00 AM
True... Since I am raising butterflies,I can see their pain during metamorphism...So I can't tolerate this...
Date: 7/21/2016 9:43:00 AM
giving a human touch to the demise of these poor creatures. I hope they cannot feel this dreadful fate in the same way a human does. (silk is so beautiful. Creatures die for us all the time and it's awful to think if they have great feelings of pain!!)
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 7/22/2016 9:35:00 AM
It's just my thought...we can't do anything to stop these...
Date: 7/21/2016 9:03:00 AM
So nice supraja:)
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 7/22/2016 9:31:00 AM
Thank you Madhu...

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