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HUNGRY
RPILLAR
by Eric Carle
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For my sister Christa
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HUNGRY
CATERPILLAR
by Eric Carle
PHILOMEL BOOKS
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In the light
of the moon
a little egg
lay on a leaf.
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One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and — pop! — out of the egg
came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.
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started to look for some food.
On Monday
he ate through
one apple.
But he was still
hungry.
On Tuesday
he ate through
two pears,
but he was
still hungry.
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started to look some food. ^^&
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On Wednesday
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he ate through
three plums,
but he was still
hungry.
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hungry.
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On Friday
he ate through
five oranges,
but he was still
hungry.
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.
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Now he wasn't hungry any more -and he wasn't a little caterpillar any more.
Copyright © 1969 and 1987 b> Erie Carle. Publuhed by Philomel Book., a di.i.ion of The
$9.99 USA Putnam & Grosset Group. \e* York. Published simultaneously in Canada. Printed in Singapore. 9 '780399"226908
\ $1 3.50 CAN Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-13202 ISBN 0-399-22690-7
rir-l Board Book Edition. 1994. 20 19 18 17 16 ISBN 0-3^-221^0-7