The Caterpillar
| Category: | Short Stories & Poems |
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| Notes: | By Christina Rossetti, from Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872). Public domain. |
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.