CATERPILLAR: PAGE 2

 

Early summer mornings were Ezra'a favorite time of the day. It was the time he and his mom took their walk.

The nature trail was always fun.

There were grassy places to rest.

There were rocks to examine.

There were balance beams and climbing bars for stretching.

And there were lots of other people out walking, too!

As they walked along, Ezra noticed a fat little caterpillar hurrying along the dusty

trail, paying no attention to people stepping dangerously close. He just wiggled along, trying to get to the other side.

Ezra stopped a minute to look at the caterpillar, then ran to catch up with his mom.

Suddenly, he felt an urge to go back. "What if somebody steps on him? What if somebody doesn't like caterpillars? They might squish him!" TURN TO PAGE 3