The story follows a caterpillar that hatches from an egg on a leaf and spends the week eating through various fruits - one apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, and so on - yet remains hungry each day. By Saturday, he eats so much that he gets a stomach ache. The next day, he eats a green leaf instead and feels better, having grown into a large caterpillar. He then spins a cocoon and emerges two weeks later as a beautiful butterfly.

1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
By Eric Carle

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 some food.
I’m
hungry!

5. On Monday he ate through one
apple. But he was still hungry.
I’m still hungry!

6. On Tuesday he ate through two
pears, but he was still hungry.
I’m still hungry!

7. On Wednesday he ate through
three plums, but he was still
hungry. I’m still hungry!

8. On Thursday he ate through four
strawberries, but he was still
hungry.
I’m still hungry!

9. On Friday he ate through five
oranges, but he was still hungry.
I’m still hungry!

10. On Saturday he ate through…..
That night he had stomach-ache!
I’m ill!

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

12. Now he wasn’t hungry anymore-
and he wasn’t a little caterpillar
any more.
He was a big, fat caterpillar.

13. He built a small house, called a
cocoon, around himself. He stayed
inside for more than two weeks.
Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his
way out ………

14. He was a beautiful butterfly!