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In the light of the moon
A little egg lay on a leaf
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! – out of the egg
Came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

那天婆婆興沖沖的從庭院進來
給我看她手上的東西
我看了之後發出的一聲
嚇得倒退三尺 -
是一隻又肥, 又大, 又翠綠的毛毛蟲!
當下我們又開始另一個自然觀察作業
把牠養在那個舊的空氣清淨器缸子裡
當成另一隻寵物啦
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He started to look for some food.
On Monday he ate through one apple.
B
ut he was still hungry.
……..
On Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, on ice-cream cone, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.
That night he had a stomachache!

我家這隻毛蟲小弟雖然沒有吃那些垃圾食品
但吃葉子的速度也不惶多讓
一天之內吃光了三片葉子
還大了一堆便便

有趣的是
毛毛蟲的便便不但不臭
形狀還像螺絲帽一般 挺整齊漂亮的呢

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Now he wasn’t hungry any more –
And he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more.
He was a big, fat caterpillar.
He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself.

吃飽拉完之後
這毛蟲就開始吐絲
把自己纏起來啦
剛開始的時候
毛蟲身體變成褐色躲在葉子下面
完全沒有動靜
我強烈的懷疑牠已經斃命了 每每想把牠扔掉
後來把葉子拿開後
才看到牠的確長得像一個蛹
有時搖一搖缸子牠還會彈跳一下

好吧 我們就耐心等牠出關吧
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He stayed inside for more than two weeks
Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and…
He was a beautiful butterfly!

就像書上寫的
不多不少兩個禮拜
牠破繭而出了!
我們把牠移到樹上仔細觀察
神奇的是
長大後的牠顏色跟小時候相差無幾
這下問題來了
牠是一隻蛾
還是蝴蝶呢
第二天早上就飛走的牠
已經沒有辦法告訴我了

英文部份摘自妍妍最喜歡的童書 “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle

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