Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe

Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe Adapted from the original work of Somsanouk Bouttavong Illustrated by Ounla Santi www.teachtown.com

This story is an adaptation of (with the original illustrations from): Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe (English), written by Somsanouk Bouttavong, illustrated by Ounla Santi, translated by Alisha Berger, published by Room to Read (©Room to Read, 2015) released under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. www.storyweaver.org.in

1 Caterpillar has lost a shoe. What will she do?

2 “May I borrow a shoe from you, Spider?” she asks. But Spider’s shoe is too small.

3 Spider’s small shoes won’t work. Caterpillar is sad without her shoe.

4 She goes to Green Frog. “May I borrow a shoe from you, Green Frog?” she asks.

5 But Green Frog’s shoe is too big. These big shoes won’t work.

6 She goes to Green Grasshopper. “May I borrow a shoe from you, Green Grasshopper?”

7 But Green Grasshopper’s shoe is too scratchy. These scratchy shoes won’t work.

8 She asks Crab. “May I borrow a shoe from you, Crab?”

9 But Crab’s shoes are used for digging. These sharp shoes won’t work.

10 The shoes have all been too small, too big, too scratchy, or too sharp. The caterpillar curls up on a leaf to rest.

11 Caterpillar thinks about what she can do. She decides to make a cocoon to sleep in.

12 She sleeps and sleeps. And when Caterpillar steps out of her cocoon…

13 She is a butterfly. She doesn’t need shoes anymore. She can fly!