Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe

Author: Somsanouk Bouttavong

Illustrator: Ounla Santi
Translator: Alisha Berger
 Caterpillar has lost a shoe.
It hurts her foot to walk without it.

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Caterpillar goes to Spider.
“May I borrow a shoe from you, Spider?”
But Spider's shoe is too small.

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Caterpillar is sad without her shoe.

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She goes to Frog.

“May I borrow a shoe from you, Frog?”

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But Frog’s shoe is too big.

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She goes to Grasshopper.

“May I borrow a shoe from you, Grasshopper?”

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But Grasshopper’s shoe is too scratchy.

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 She goes to Crab.
“May I borrow a shoe from you, Crab?”

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But Crab’s shoes are used for digging.
They are too sharp for walking!

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Caterpillar is too tired to search any more.
She curls up on a leaf to rest.

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Caterpillar decides to make
a cosy cocoon to sleep in.

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Days pass by. And when Caterpillar steps out of her cocoon...

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She doesn't need shoes any more!

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Cover page: Caterpillar with one shoe missing, looking sad, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.
Page 2: Caterpilar standing on a leaf with one shoe missing, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.
Page 3: Caterpillar talking to a spider, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Caterpillar
crying , by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Caterpilar talking to a frog, by Ounla Santi ©
Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Frog gives caterpillar a shoe, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015.
Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Caterpilar talking to a grasshopper, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights
reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Grasshoper hops away from caterpillar, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved.
Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Caterpilllar talking to a crab, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY
4.0 license. Page 10: Crab gives caterpillar his blue shoes, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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among plants and leaves, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 13: Butterfly breaking out of
cocoon, by Ounla Santi © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 14: Butterfly happy , by Ounla Santi © Room to
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Caterpillar Looks for a
Shoe Little Caterpillar lost a shoe! She tries borrowing shoes from
everyone, but none of them fit her! What will she do without a
(English) shoe?

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