Gone

Once upon a time there was a yellow, black and white striped caterpillar.  His name was Malcolm. He ate and he ate until he was so big that he didn't fit his skin anymore and so he crawled away to find somewhere to hide.  He found a great spot under a flax leaf and while he was hiding out under the leaf a miracle occurred.

While making the effort to get rid of his too tight skin he turned into a chrysalis!  He gradually burned up all the energy he had stored and that helped him eventually escape his chrysalis.  He was amazed, on freeing himself from his prison, to find that he now had wings.  Amazing orange and black wings!  He flew away to find some lady caterpillars.

Days later a big wind came up and thrashed the flax leaves around and contorted them inside out.  And Malcolm's hiding place was exposed.  But Malcolm didn't care because he had flown away.

(It actually seems a bit early in the season to me, this could well be from last summer/autumn.  I spotted it while I was talking to someone outside at work today and had to rush back inside to get my camera)