I thought it might be too late. . .

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Our lead teacher, Mrs. Lesli brought in some caterpillars last week. She found them on English Ivy and they looked fat and healthy. According to the internet they were either Monarchs or Black Swallowtails. We had about given up hope of them hatching. In fact she thought they might have had some kind of a virus based on how their appearance was changing. She has purchased and raised caterpillars to butterflies before, and this morning she had kind of given up before breakfast. All of a sudden after breakfast this one little girl called for her to "Look Ms. Lesli!" . One had hatched and was pretty well dried off. Within the next hour there was a second one. The afternoon class got to see those two get released. It is pretty much just in time because the Monarchs are migrating to Mexico right now. We hope the other three survive and hatch soon.