The story follows a caterpillar as it changes into a butterfly, from its pupa stage through its transformation into a chrysalis to its metamorphosis into a butterfly newly emerged from a sticky cocoon.
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y literary nonfiction >? istold like a story, but is about + WN) something that really happens. Next you will read about the life cycle of a caterpillar. Tim a cde Pilly. by Jean Marzolo itlustrated by Judith Moftat
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I'm a caterpillar. Munch. Crunch. I'm getting bigger! Munch. Crunch. Munch. Granch. Munch. Crunch. That's it, No more food. I'm done.
3. and wait I split my skin! 162 163
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My old skin falls away. lam soft inside. lam a pupa.
I grow a shell i I keep changing. to protect the pupa. Soon I'll come out. Tam now a chrysalis. What will I be? 164 165
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A butterfly! Push. Crack. Wow! I'm freel My wings are all wet, | 166
6. Flap. Flap. Hey! I can fly! To-dal I visit flowers. I drink nectar. Yum! My mouth is like a straw. Sip. Sip. Sip.
7. Ihave a mate. We visit many flowers. Soon I will lay my eggs. We're not afraid of birds. They know that we taste awful.
8. eo Baby caterpillars crawl out. The eggs have thin shells.
Hil I'm a caterpillar. Munch. Crunch. e What will happen to me next? Do you know? foam w