On Friday I pulled into my driveway after school, ready to pack up my things and head for my father's house for the weekend. I noticed, though, that on the black wrought-iron fence near the driveway was a large Luna Moth (You know, the pale green moths with a large wingspan that are increasingly rare.) It struck me as odd because I have no walnut trees (the caterpillar's favorite food) around my house, so there was really no reason for it to be there.
I walked over to it and (like I do with everything: Animals, plants, rocks, bricks, pine cones, fingi) talked to it. I asked it why it was there, and offered to move it to the bushes where it would not be spotted by the swallows building a nest beneath my eaves. It, of course did not answer (or I, not knowing moth language, did not understand it). I moved the insect carefully to the bushes and made sure it was hidden before bidding it adieu.
I checked back about three hours later and it had moved about a foot or two, but Moths and nocturnal and I suspected it would leave when night fell.
Seeing the rare Luna moth cheered me up.[/i]