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inspired by "All Good Things" by Nelly Furtado
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As lovely as these creatures are, they do have a nasty sting. When one landed on me I was enchanted, and I reached my hand over to let it crawl upon it. The creature obliged, but as I went to move it up to my eyes to get a better look, it thrust its stinger into the flesh of my hand and alighted. The sting was deeply painful and made me wary of coming close to any others, as alluring as they may be. They flit from one flower to the next, opening their mouth to extend a long feeding tube deep into the flower's heart to absorb the nectar. The antenna attached to either side of their mouth sense taste and odor, and they hang below the animal as it flies to pick out desirable sources of food. The structures on top of its head have fake eye markings and are used to scare predators away. Its four tiny legs may be used for walking, but they are mostly used for perching on leaves and flower stalks, and even then it only uses as many legs as it needs. Sometimes it only uses one to grasp its perch and keeps the others tucked up against itself. However, on more windy days it may use all four to do its best to stay put.
