A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small 16) appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it 17) to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any 18) . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man took a pair of scissors and snipped off the 19) bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then 20) easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man 21) to watch the butterfly because he expected that, in any moment, the wings would 22) and expand to be able to support the body which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life 23) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It was never able to fly. In his kindness and haste, the man actually did harm to the butterfly. The restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to 24) the tiny opening were just necessary. It forces fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives, and they are good for us in a sense. If we go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be 25) what we could have been. We could never fly!