Leaf Insect
Leaf insects use camouflage to take on the appearance of a leaf. They do this so accurately that predators often aren't able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species the edge of the leaf insect's body even has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind.
(wikipedia)
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I once watched a TV programme about leaf insect.
This is a part of the story :
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Leaf insect gets the perfect dress in the habitat on top of the tree -
the fake leaf costume in absinthe-green.
By fault it falls to the ground, full of brown leaves.
And suddenly everything shows.
Predators cannot be happier with its attractive colour.
It tries best to hide under the leaves.
But this doesn't help.
So it runs to the gap of stones.
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A praying mantis is coming.
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In this story, it succeeds to back to the trunk, and back to its heaven.
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God has given all of us our own prettiest dressing.
It might be wine-red, dodger-blue, light-salmon or forest-green.
We are all beautiful.
But sometimes we are not glad to be beautiful.
"Every sibling around is yellow, yet why should I be grey ?" said ugly duckling.
We fall into the world of brown leaves, and are somehow annoyed with our blessed colour.
We believe we owned the most shameful colour,yet it is in fact the prettiest, the most favorable one.
We are just like colour-blinded - not able to distinguish between.
And the world is going to become monochromatic. We consider this as prefect.
As predators are there, we put off our blessed dressing and put on the other one.
It is for survival. And it is much prettier we thought.
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Turn our eyes.
What God promised is He must give us the best rather than good.
What we choose may be good but must not be the best.
Only God know what is the best, as His wisdom is higher than our wisdom.
Our colours are all as pretty as the costume in absinthe-green.
We are already the prettiest by His hands.
Though we may be in the unfamiliar state, we still look great in the gratitude from Him.
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I like leaf insect since it persists.
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