"Here we go round the mulberry bush. so early in the morning"

Butterties are telling the story of the silk moth that lays an egg on a mulberry leaf, and about the silkworm who spins a beautiful thread to make its cocoon. The silk is reeled off and used to make a precious silk tie before its wings can grow. Old, worn, torn, stained or just out of fashion it is finally becoming a butterfly. It can land on your clothes, in your hair or anywhere else you can think of

"BaaBaa black sheep have you any wool? Yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane".

The wool is used to make warm clothes, and one pullover became yours.  Now after many winters, it is worn or even torn.

Washed very hot it will shrink to half the size but the wool is still warm and very soft. 

Now it can become a little sheep for someone who loves you.

Trees are cut down to produce paper to carry our messages and stories in the form of letters, books and much more. Printed with elaborate patterns and shiny colours it is also used to wrap up presents; and then recycled into cardboard it becomes a useful box to ship goods around the globe. For Christmas, this cardboard box becomes a tree once more, populated by hundreds of paper cranes folded out of discarded gift wrapping paper.