"Dad I caught a butterfly" Young Freddie yelled with great joy as he leaped almost falling to the ground. Barry with smile on his face walked towards Freddie who held a butterfly inside a jar. Barry knelt down in front of his son rubbing his blond hair.
"Good job kid, but hey I want you to know something, butterflies are like or in fact the most beautiful creatures on Earth" Barry said visualizing how beautiful butterflies are.
"really, I thought butterflies are harmful" Freddie said out of ignorance which made his dad laugh at him.
"Oh no son, that's not true. Butterflies are very friendly to us and to the environment. They make the earth very pretty. You know i once wanted a pet butterfly but my father, your grandfather advised me to see them free not to cage them" Barry said wiggling one of his right fingers on Freddie's nose.
"What do you mean" putting on a inquisitive face, Freddie asked.
"Come with me" Barry stood up and took Freddie who still held his jar of butterfly round the farm. He saw some group of butterflies flying and jumping round the flowers. He walked towards a butterfly. stretching his finger to the butterfly, it slowly jumped to his finger.
"Check this out, butterflies like to move or sit on the flower and take the juice from the flower. This liquid is called nectar, and it is their food. The butterfly also lay their eggs on flowers and leaves." Trying to make the next statement, Barry paused with his eyes fisted on the butterfly on his finger, he realized who he was talking to, his young little Freddie but surprisingly young Freddie asked a question.
"Then what happens to the egg"
With a tiny smiled, Barry raised his hand to air as the butterfly flew before replying his son.
"Good question, the eggs lay to form a larva. Butterflies have a four-stage insect life cycle. The larva is the first stage. Then as a caterpillar, grows towards metamorphosis cycle. After metamorphosis, the butterfly gets the beautiful wings"
"Wow" Freddie exclaimed with amusement "I wanna have a butterfly" jumping up and down
"Yeah son you can have it but you can't cage it like this" Barry retrieved the jar from Freddie before opening it. slowly the butterfly took off.
"You must let it move freely round the garden, that way you can have fun with it and it could probably be your friend" he added.
"Really dad" Freddie said shaking with his mouth wide open.
"Yeah, now run along" seeing Freddie was eager to play with the butterfly, Barry quickly dispatch his son who ran happily towards many other butterflies.
Barry turned back and spotted Kim afar off smiling at him with her arms crossed. He then walked towards her with a smile.
"Hey, guess you just lectured my boy" Kim said before smacking her lips also with her hands wrapped around Barry who held her hips with his dirty hands which he used in the farm some minutes ago.
"Yeah I just really did, I think I should be a lecturer... I'll be like do this and do that" Barry said while making an impression of a teacher which made Kim laugh out loud.
"How's jack doing?" Barry asked this time as he tilted his head to a side to have a better view of the door.
"He is deep in sleep" Kim replied making a quick look at the door.
"At last, I couldn't sleep through out the night" Barry said as he could recollect clearly how baby Jack was crying seriously throughout the night.
"Barry, I have a good news" Kim said making an eye contact with Barry after bringing him out of his train of thoughts.
"Good news" Barry puzzled with his brows furrowed.
"Yeah Barr, I'm pregnant" Kim's whisper became a cold air which went straight into Barry's nostril. He inhaled, wide eyed with what he just heard. Kim on the other hand mistook his reactions.
"Barry what's wrong, are you not happy" She said with a trembling voice. All of a sudden Barry blurted with a fixed gaze.
"What no no, I'm really happy and excited. I'm gonna be a father of 3 kids, it's just so unbelievable" Barry yelled with a wide smile bouncing up and down like a baby before throwing his arms for a hug.