The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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.
I’m so
HUNGRY!

5. On Monday
he ate
through 1
apple.
But he was
still hungry.

6. On
Tuesday
he ate
through 2
pears, but
he was still
hungry.

7. On
Wednesday
he ate
through 3
plums, but
he was still
hungry.

8. On Thursday he ate
through 4
strawberries, but he
was still hungry.

9. On Friday he ate
through 5 oranges, but
he was still hungry.

10. On
Saturday
he ate
through 1
piece of
chocolate
cake,

11. 1 icecream cone

12. 1 pickle,

13. One slice of Swiss
cheese,

14. 1 slice of salami

15. 1 lollipop,

16. 1 piece of cherry pie,

17. 1 sausage,

18. 1 cupcake,

19. And 1 slice of watermelon.
That night he had
a stomachache!

20. The very hungry Caterpillar then ate through one
green leaf. He started to feel better.

21. Now, the caterpillar was no longer small. He was a big,
fat, caterpillar.
little
BIG

22. He built a small house, called a cocoon around
himself. He stayed inside for more than 2 weeks.
Then he nibbled a small hole in the cocoon, pushed
his way out and…

23. A BEAUTIFUL
BUTTERFLY!