Miss Rose Sees Mister Butterfly Flirting With Others—Their Innocent Conflict Is a Big Relationship Lesson

"The Rose and the Butterfly," illustrated by Milo Winter, from “The Aesop for Children,” 1919. PD-US

A Butterfly once fell in love with a beautiful Rose. The Rose was not indifferent, for the Butterfly’s wings were powdered in a charming pattern of gold and silver. And so, when he fluttered near and told how he loved her, she blushed rosily and said yes.

After much pretty love-making and many whispered vows of constancy, the Butterfly took a tender leave of his sweetheart.