THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILAR

 

 

Once upon a time there was a little egg. One day a little caterpillar came out of this egg with a big “CRACK”.  

It was very, very  hungry. It went looking for food

. It saw an apple. “Oh, an apple,” said the caterpillar, “I like apples.”   It ate through the apple. “Yummy.”

But it was still hungry. “I am hungry,” said the caterpillar. So it went looking for more food. It found two pears. “Oh, pears. I like pears,” said the hungry caterpillar and ate through two pears.  

 

The next day  it was still hungry. “I am hungry,” said the caterpillar. So it went looking for more food. It found three plums. “Oh, plums. I like plums,” said the hungry caterpillar and ate through three plums.  

The next day it was still hungry. “I am hungry,” said the caterpillar. So it went looking for more food. It found four kiwis. “Oh, kiwis. I like kiwis,” said the hungry caterpillar and ate through four kiwis.  

 

The next day it was still hungry. “I am hungry,” said the caterpillar. So it went looking for more food. It found five oranges. “Oh, oranges. I like oranges,” said the hungry caterpillar and ate through five oranges.  

The next day it was still hungry. “I am hungry,” said the caterpillar. So it went looking for more food. It found six bananas. “Oh, bananas. I like bananas,” said the hungry caterpillar and ate through six bananas.  

The next day it was very sick. It was not hungry any more. It wasn’t a little caterpillar anymore. It was a big, fat caterpillar.

It built a house, a cocoon, around itself. It stayed in that cocoon for two weeks.

Then it nibbled a little hole in the cocoon and out came – a beautiful butterfly.