Today we’re going to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
There it is, the small little egg.
I wonder what kind of egg it is.
I wonder what it will be.
I bet the man in the moon knows.
Let’s find out.
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very
hungry caterpillar.
Aww a tiny little caterpillar.
You can see all the tiny hairs all over its body too.
And do you see how many legs he has?
Let’s count them.
One, two, three, four, five six.
Some caterpillars have even more than six legs.
Did you know that caterpillars eat the rest of their shell after they hatch?
But that’s not enough food.
They need more to grow quickly.
Let’s see what caterpillars like to eat.
He started to look for some food.
On Monday he ate through one apple.
But he was still hungry.
There he goes, looking for food.
His body moves in a wave like motion.
And look!
He found a very delicious red apple to eat, but it wasn’t enough.
On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.
He ate two green pears.
It seems like he likes to eat fruit.
Let’s see what other food he found.
On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.
He ate through 3 plums.
Wow he’s eaten a lot since he hatched.
Let’s count how much he’s eaten so far.
For this we’ll need to add: 1 apple plus 2 pears plus 3 plums.
Let’s count them all together.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
He ate through 6 pieces of fruit already.
Caterpillars sure do eat a lot.
On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.
Hmm four red strawberries.
I bet those were yummy.
But he still wants more food.
What do you think he will eat next?
On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.
He ate through five orange oranges.
Let’s add the strawberries and oranges to the other fruit we counted before.
We figured out that he ate 6 pieces of fruit so we do 6 plus 4 strawberries plus 5 oranges.
Do you remember what comes after 6?
That’s right 7.
So let’s start with seven and count the rest.
Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
Wow!
Do you think you could also eat fifteen pieces of fruit in one week?
I bet it’s really healthy.
I think I’d be full already.
Caterpillars need to keep eating to get healthy and strong.
On Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one
slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one
sausage, one cupcake and one slice of watermelon.
That night he had a stomachache!
Oh my gosh, he ate so much on Saturday.
And not all of it was healthy, no wonder he got a stomachache.
Let’s count how much he ate on Saturday.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten.
He ate ten things on Saturday!
I hope he feels better soon.
The next day was Sunday again.
The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, and after that he felt much better.
It’s Sunday again.
There are 7 days of the week.
Let’s say them together.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
That means that caterpillar has been alive for a whole week already.
And I’m glad he’s feeling better.
Most caterpillars like to eat plants so the cake and ice cream is probably what gave him
a stomachache.
Now he wasn’t hungry any more - and he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more.
He was a big, fat caterpillar.
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 and…
He was a beautiful butterfly!
Wow how pretty!
He has so many lovely colors on his wings: blue, red, green, yellow, orange and purple.
Did you know that caterpillars only live for two to four weeks.
Then they eat a lot, just like this caterpillar so that they get big and fat.
Then they’re ready to build a cocoon out of a special silk that they make themselves
and turn into a beautiful butterfly.
Caterpillars sure are interesting.
I had a lot of fun learning about them and I hope you did too.
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