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Butterflies in the Desert.

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A few years ago, a good friend of mine introduced me to this amazing short film called "The Butterfly Circus" A guy named Mr Mendez was traveling through the desert with a bunch of friends. They see a carnival, so they stop to check it out. This carnival has what's called a "freak show" , a sideshow, where they stare and laugh at a few people who are different.  Finally, they come to the final curtain and the announcer, the carnival ringmaster, cries out:  "And now, a perversion of nature. Cursed from birth. A man, if you can call him that, whom God Himself has turned His back upon. I give you.... the limbless man!" He pulls back the curtain and there stands a young man without limbs. His name is Will ; he was born with no arms and no legs. The small crowd looks shocked, groans and even laughs at him. As they disappear, two young boys remain and pull tomatoes out of their pockets. One of these kids throws one at this defenseless limbles