A caterpillar hatches from an egg on a leaf. Over the course of the week, the very hungry caterpillar eats through different foods, one of each type per day. By Saturday, the caterpillar has eaten through various fruits and other foods, giving him a stomach ache. The next Sunday, he eats a leaf and feels better. He then spins a cocoon and emerges two weeks later as a beautiful butterfly.

2. In the light of the moon a
little egg lay on a leaf.

3. One Sunday morning the warm sun
came up and - Pop! – out of the egg
came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

4. He started to look for food

5. On Monday he ate through one
apple.
But he was still hungry. 1

6. On Tuesday he ate through two
pears.
But he was still hungry. 2

7. On Wednesday he ate through
three plums.
But he was still hungry. 3

8. On Thursday he ate through four
strawberries.
But he was still hungry. 4

9. On Friday he ate through five
oranges.
But he was still hungry. 5

10. On Saturday he ate through one piece of
chocolate cake

11. One piece of ice cream cone,

12. One pickle,

13. One slice of salami,

14. One lollipop,

15. One slice of cherry pie,

16. One sasauge,

17. One cup cake,

18. And one slice of watermelon.
That night he had stomach ache.

19. The next day was Sunday again. The
caterpillar ate through one nice green
leaf after that he felt much better.

20. Now he wasn’t hungry any more – and
he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more. He
was a big fat caterpillar

21. He built a small house, called a cocoon
around himself. He stayed inside for more
than two weeks.

22. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon,
pushed his way out and…

23. He was a beautiful butterfly!