

Five year old Wendy was
helping her daddy weed the flower garden. She looked down and saw a fat,
furry, brown, white and yellow banded caterpillar inching its way toward her
feet.
“Daddy, daddy,” she shouted and pointed. “Look, look.”
“Its a caterpillar, honey.”
“A caterpillar?” said Wendy.
“Yes, hon, would you believe that this pretty little caterpillar will turn
into a beautiful butterfly someday?”
Looking again at the ground, Wendy saw another caterpillar, but quite
smaller than the first one.
“See daddy, another one. A little kittenpillar.”
Her daddy laughed as he scooped up the biggest caterpillar in
his hand and showed it to her.
“Daddy, how do they turn into butterflies?” asked Wendy.
“Well,” said daddy, “Its the magical way of nature. This caterpillar was
hatched from a tiny egg-so tiny that you can hardly see it. After about 5
days, the little caterpillar eats a hole in the shell and comes out.”
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