The Vain Little Butterfly is about a butterfly that becomes prideful because of his great beauty. He is mean to all the other butterflies and eventually ends up all alone because of his actions. One day he is captured in a jar by a little boy because of his great beauty. While he is trapped in the jar he realizes how mean he had been to the other butterflies. He is suddenly set free by the little boy because the little boy realizes that he should not keep the beautiful butterfly trapped in a jar. When the butterfly is set free he realizes that beauty is not the most important quality and that he should be kind to other butterflies even if they are not as "beautiful" as himself.

The Ugly Duckling is a classic interpretation from Hans Christian Andersen in which a baby duck is considered ugly because he looks different than the other ducks. The ugly duckling's view of himself is drastically changed when he discovers that he was never really a duck, but a beautiful swan all along.

Ricky Beam was six years old. He was four feet tall with blond hair and green eyes. He loved adventure and often would get into trouble, because he wouldn't listen to his mother. Ricky loved the garden and he wasn't allowed to go there without his mother or father. Sometimes he would sneak into the garden without his parents knowing. He would sit and talk to the plants, and watch them grow. It was one of those times he had his garden adventure. This story presents science in a fun way for children to understand the natural processes that cause plants to grow and the factors that can interfere with that growth.

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