Little Caterpillar Snuggled Up

Once there was a caterpillar.

He saw the butterflies

And he wondered where his brothers and sisters were.

He didn't know that he was looking straight at them.

He said, I wish I were one of those beautiful creatures up in the sky.

I wish that I were flying.

He didn't know that someday he would be.

One day, he said, I will roll up in a cocoon,

And come out as one of those beautiful creatures.

Butterflies.

And so, he did.

And when he came out, he was a beautiful butterfly

But poor thing, his wings were all wet,

So he had to sit in the sun all day to dry them.

But tomorrow he came out and flew!