"I'm but a ladybug," said she,
"and you a butterfly.
Your wings expand with majesty
across the azure sky."

"Why would you stop to share a leaf
with one so shy and small?
Excuse me for my disbelief
you'd notice me at all."

"I'm but a butterfly," said he,
"whose reign is very brief.
No reason why my monarchy
should keep me from your leaf."

"You looked as if you wouldn't mind
a moment's company,
and hoping you would be so kind,
I took a chance to see."

A ladybug and butterfly
became the best of friends.
No need had they to wonder why,
and so this story ends.