The very hungry caterpillar eats through various foods on each day of the week, from one apple on Monday to various snacks on Saturday, giving him a stomachache. The next Sunday, he eats a leaf and feels better, having transformed from a small caterpillar into a large, fat one. 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.

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

6. On Tuesday he ate through two
pears, but he was still hungry.

7. On Wednesday he ate through three
plums, but he was still hungry.

8. On Thursday he ate through four
strawberries, but he was still hungry.

9. On Friday he ate through five
oranges, but he was still hungry.

10. On Saturday he ate through one piece
of chocolate cake, one ice cream, one
pickle,

11. one slice of Swiss cheese, one
slice of salami, one lollipop,

12. one piece of cherry pie, one
sausage

13. one cupcake, and one slice of
watermelon
That night he had a stomachache!

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

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

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

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

18. ….he was a beautiful butterfly!