The Adventures of Fancy Nature:Beauty, Butterflies and Freedom

By Daniel K Gartlan

Enter the world of Fancy Nature and her best friend Daniel Curious as they observe and learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Come along and experience the emotions of Fancy, Daniel and their very special friend Mandy, who loves butterflies and life, but who is confined to a wheelchair as she deals with cancer. Find the beauty in the friendship of the three and the loyalty of Fancy and Daniel as they learn the true meaning of being different and of being on a journey of Freedom unlike anything they ever imagined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel K Gartlan
• Release date: Jan 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311058065

Daniel K Gartlan

Daniel Gartlan credits his mother for instilling in him a love of reading and writing. It is from this early influence that after 30 years in the business world, he has begun writing and publishing books from a diverse range of subjects. He likes to think of his writing style as simplistic as he strives to allow anyone reading his works to easily understand his subjects.Daniel Gartlan resides with his wife in what he calls "Paradise" in the beautiful South Carolina LowCountry Islands of Beaufort, SC. Surrounded by his children and his 4 granddaughters he has much inspiration to brighten his days!

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The Adventures of Fancy Nature: Beauty Butterflies and Freedom

By: Daniel K Gartlan

Copyright 2016 by Daniel K Gartlan

Published by Daniel K Gartlan at Smashwords

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Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 13:2

Table of Contents

1. Morning

2. Caterpillar

3. Mandy

4. Cocoon

5. Fourteen Days

6. The Visit

7. Freedom

8. Mandy's Last Journal Entry

9. The Gift of Memory

1. Morning

The brightness flashed across Fancy's face as she rolled over in her bed. It caused her to come out of her slumber and force one eye open enough to see the sunshine sneaking into her room through an ever so slight gap in her curtain. With a grunt of disapproval, Fancy pulled the covers up over her head to cover her face and escape the unwanted intrusion into her sleep. With a sigh, she settled back into her groggy sleep, but she already knew her night's sleep was over, and her new day was calling her to rise and shine as the old saying so aptly put it.

She struggled with the pull of the new day as she fought to stay in bed and find that sweet solace of sleep again. After all, it was Saturday and Saturday should be a sleep-in type of day. Especially since she had stayed up later than usual last night to enjoy a family movie night at the Greenlawn Drive-In Theater across town. She always enjoyed going to the drive-In with her family. They made it a point to do so once a month. There are not many drive-Ins left anymore and her parents made sure that she and her brother would have the experience of outdoor movies before they all disappeared completely. She enjoyed the time before the movie when they could play on the playground there and then, of course, sitting on a blanket on the grass and watching the movies were her special part of the whole experience. Just the sounds and the smells and being under the stars with family and friends brought an exhilaration to Fancy's movie nights. Of course, she also absolutely loved the sodas and popcorn and the delicious chili dogs they sold at the concessions. But...her favorite thing from the concessions was the freshly made funnel cakes sprinkled with white powdered sugar. She could eat ten of those by herself if her parents would let her. Hey, that's an idea. That is what she will ask for as part of her next birthday celebrations. A drive-in night and all the funnel cakes she can eat!

With that brilliant thought, Fancy realized that once again her roving mind had brought her to the brink of being wide awake. She knew there was no way she would fall back asleep now. She might as well get up and see what lay in store for her on this new sunny day. Surely, she was destined to stumble into some awesome adventure in her activities today. 'Just as soon