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How a Butterfly Leaves Its Chrysalis | First Flight Kids’ Song

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Watch a butterfly ease out of its chrysalis, expand its wrinkled wings, and wait for them to become firm and dry. This gentle nature song helps children understand why the butterfly needs time before its first flight.

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Original explanations based on the cited sources.

Butterflies

Butterflies are insects whose wings are covered with tiny scales. Their life cycle includes an egg, caterpillar, pupa and adult.

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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is a major change in body form as an animal develops. In butterflies, a caterpillar becomes an adult through a pupal stage.

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Text from the recording’s subtitles.

Song lyrics
Qu'est-ce qui pend sans bouger sous la feuille ? Nina aperçoit une chrysalide. Elle observe, calme et à distance. L'enveloppe frémit, une fente paraît. La tête paraît, puis viennent les pattes. Le papillon adulte sort lentement. Les ailes se déplient, il attend. Elles deviennent lisses, fermes et sèches. Quand ses ailes sont prêtes, il peut voler. Alors commence son tout premier vol. Il s'agrippe à l'enveloppe vide. Il pend dessous, les ailes vers le bas. D'abord elles sont petites, molles, froissées. Le liquide de son corps vient les remplir. Comme un éventail, elles s'ouvrent et se lissent. Nina observe patiemment de loin. Déployées, les ailes durcissent et sèchent. Enfin, il les ouvre toutes grandes. Les ailes se déplient, il attend. Elles deviennent lisses, fermes et sèches. Quand ses ailes sont prêtes, il peut voler. Alors commence son tout premier vol. Dans le soleil, il vole vers une fleur. L'enveloppe vide reste sur la branche.
Language version lyrics
What hangs so still beneath that leaf? Nina spots a chrysalis there. She watches quietly, keeping back. The casing trembles; a thin crack shows. First comes the head, then gripping legs. An adult butterfly eases out. Wings unfold; the butterfly waits. Smooth and firm, they slowly dry. Only when its wings are ready Can its very first flight begin. It grips the empty casing tight. It hangs beneath with wings drooped down. At first they're small, soft, and wrinkled. Fluid from its body fills them. Like an opening fan, they spread wide. Nina watches patiently. The open wings harden and dry. At last, it opens them out wide. Wings unfold; the butterfly waits. Smooth and firm, they slowly dry. Only when its wings are ready Can its very first flight begin. Through sunlight, it flies to a bright flower. The empty casing stays on the twig.
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