The foreman slammed his hard hat into the ground. He tried to smooth the crumpled document against the hood of his pickup. He glanced around the construction equipment parked idly next to the mosquito infested swampy pit of weeds. The second hand of his watch spun around representing the dollars he was losing with each delay.
The Rustic butterfly was incredibly beautiful and extremely rare. It was found only in a few isolated spots, including the field of endangered wildflowers in the path of the new highway.
As the foreman studied the legal order, a butterfly landed on his nose.
(Photo credit: “The Rustic (Cupha erymanthis) is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. They usually found puddling on rock and cement plastered surfaces. Taken at Kadavoor, Kerala, India.” Selected as the Picture of the Day, Wikimedia Commons on August 14, 2012)
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