The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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THE VERY HUNGRY RPILLAR by Eric Carle

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THE VERY? HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle

PHILOMEL BOOKS

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In the light of the a

little

lay

moon egg

on a

leaf.

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One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and — pop! — out came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

of the egg

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started to look for some food.

On Monday he ate through

one apple.

But he was hungry.

still

On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still

hungry.

d He

started to look ok for

some food.

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B 9w On Wednesday he ate through three plums,

but he was hungry.

still

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He

started to look for

some food.

On Thursday he ate through four strawberries,

but he was hungry.

still

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/ He

started to

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On

Friday

he ate through five oranges,

but he was hungry.

still

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,

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one

lollipop,

one piece of cherry

pie,

one sausage, one cupcake, and one

slice of

watermelon.

That night he had a stomachache!

The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green

and

leaf,

after that he felt

much

better.

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he wasn't hungry any more -and he wasn't a He was a big, fat caterpillar.

Now

little

caterpillar any more.

He

built a small house, called a cocoon,

more than two weeks. Then he nibbled

around himself. He stayed inside for a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and.

he was a beautiful butterfly!

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$9.99 USA \ $1 3.50

CAN

Copyright

Putnam

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1969 and 1987 b> Erie Carle. Publuhed by Philomel Book., a di.i.ion of The

Grosset Group.

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York. Published simultaneously in Canada. Printed in Singapore.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-13202 rir-l

Board Book Edition. 1994. 20

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ISBN 0-399-22690-7

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'780399"226908

ISBN 0-3^-221^0-7