All About Johnnie Jones by Carolyn Verhoeff
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page 65 of 96 (67%)
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"Next summer you will surely be
As beautiful as I, "Because my gauzy wings you see, Are very, very new. A caterpillar once was I And crawled about like you." The ugly little caterpillar did not believe the beautiful butterfly. He just laughed. "Oh!" said the lovely butterfly, "All that I say is true. But you can't stay there very long, There's work for you to do. "To the very top of this big tree You must begin to go, Because all little crawling things, They are so very slow. "There you must even change your skin Till it becomes dark brown. And you must spin a rope of silk To tie you tightly down. "You will sleep through the long cold winter, When the icy winds do blow. You will sleep through the long cold winter, |
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