Katie's Caterpillars

Katie’s Caterpillars STEPHANIE DAGG Pictures by Stephen Hall

First published 1998 by The O’Brien Press Ltd., 12 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland.

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Can YOU spot the panda hidden in the story?

Katie thought caterpillars were cool.

Every morning she searched for caterpillars in the garden.

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She talked to them.

She picked them up in her hand and stroked them.

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If she found them on grotty old weeds, she carefully lifted them off and carried them over to Mum’s best

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roses.

The caterpillars loved the roses.

They chomped away merrily.

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But one day Mum found out what Katie was doing and she got very, very cross.

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So after that, Katie left them where they were.

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When it was too wet or too cold to go outside, Katie stayed in and drew pictures of caterpillars.

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When she got tired of that, she painted pictures of caterpillars.

Then she made models of caterpillars out of playdough.

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