Short Story Of The Butterfly In The Tree: Julia Lorraine ¨butterfly Hill

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The Butterfly in the Tree.

20 years old, two years in a tree and risked her life to save the trees. This woman was Julia Lorraine ¨Butterfly”Hill. she is one the people defend the trees so they don't go extinct and from the illegal loggers.

Julia´s childhood wasn't that different then one of ours. Hill was homeschooled in a Christian family that settled in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She began college at age 16 and opened her own restaurant at 18. At age twenty, Hill moved to Fayetteville Washington County, living there for two years and working in the restaurant and bar industry. In August 1996, she was involved in an auto accident resulting in very serious injuries and requiring ten months of physical therapy.

In June 1997, she left with

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