Of butterflies and criticism

Abstract

Once upon a time, by the shores of a beautiful sea, there was a kingdom much blessed by flowers. They carpeted the glades and valleys of the land, disrupted only by the luxuriant paths of emerald grass that meandered through the knotting blooms. The people of the land lived by gathering these Mr. Schrag is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.living riches and shipping them to less beautiful lands beyond the sea.One springtime a butterfly fluttered over the mountains that stood rank upon rank behind the kingdom. It was soon joined by others and by the end of summer the radiance of their wings blended the hues of the flowers softly into the azure blue of the sky's canopy. The people of the land welcomed the butterflies, for they added another facet to the little jewel that was their world.Fall and winter were, as always, short and