Beginnings and Endings with Lifetimes in Between : Paperback : Penguin Random House Australia : 9780143501442 : 0143501445 : 04 Jan 2005 : Have you ever wondered why a butterfly lives for only a few weeks? Or why a tree lives for hundreds of year? You may have been sad when someone in your family, or a favourite pet became sick and died. There is a beginning and an ending to everything that is alive. In between is a lifetime. Dying is a much a part of living as being born.