Show dadds admy 5 eve Eye R iii i arx fd fairy ry ta tale I 1 e ey PIARY 1 aton caterpillar AIR 1 I said the caterpillar whose rant fam by ay name was that of Con tweed era em geror believe in a little air oil yes ye ind idd id like to tell crest creat creatures ures that I 1 elleve in it for if 1 they think that I 1 dont have any air in my home ham e they ire quite mistaken people have windows in their bedrooms rooms and so do L they open their irin dows so as to let some nice fresh or come in and so do I 1 they think it Is healthful and that t makes them breathe purer finer air co 10 do th that at and so do 1 I B but ut as I 1 dont think they all know diat b at about me I 1 am going to tell them about myself 1 I nave have been told I 1 could tell my story about the nir air I 1 have in my bedroom and therefore I 1 am going too to 6 jo so first of all I 1 open my eyes on a little plant which is one of the be reasons for ray my name then I 1 am a little caterpillar I 1 use the leaf to sit upon and to eat it at too all creatures cannot do that who ever heard of a creature smart enough to eat the chair lie he v w a sifting ng in and not want any inert lood 1 I 1 never heard of a who v m smart enough to do that nor of a other creatures except we caterpillar cat erpilla just because we crawl about does menn that we dont do bright thin we do very bright things lode lade i and nd that Is one of them it saves 0 o inch bother about getting both chair and food into the dining room we dont have to bother about furnishing our dining room but we take it already furnished in nice leafy style then we dont have to bother about any dining room table or any dining room table cloth and we dont bother about going out to the market all the time ame we have our food with us were great creatures we little caterpillars pretty smart id say and I 1 ought to know I 1 am one I 1 am and then to show you how bow much cauch smarter I 1 am even than that I 1 can I 1 1 I fold it together make my dining room and table cloth md and dining room chair and food into a bedroom most certainly I 1 caal can I 1 if you yon think it sounds impossible I 1 will explain to you how I 1 do it 1 I take the leaf upon which ive been feeding and which has served me well as a dining room table and a table cloth and a dining room chair end nd I 1 fold it together very neatly nna and perfectly at either end I 1 leave an opening so that I 1 have two windows in my bedroom also I 1 can get 0 out ut or come comar la in at my windows it if I 1 want to still andl I 1 dont need to bother bather about front doors or back doors or any doors door at all but I 1 do think it Is wise to aavik havik hav fresh air and so I 1 have fresh air the air Is outside and one might just as well have it the air wont object in the least it says there it 1 plenty of it and everyone can have some so I 1 take some too and I 1 nap and dream and change my costume nd I 1 grow healthy and fine because I 1 know enough to have fresh air so when ihen children open their windows at night when they are going to bed they might also think of the smart little caterpillar who mho has a window open at either end of his leafy home borne where he takes his sleep sometimes I 1 have a little silky coverlet in my leafy room which 1 Is soft and pleasant to lie upon after I 1 have had my long sleep I 1 dacome a chrysalis find and then I 1 become a gorgeous orange colored butterfly 1 I often say too that one of the th reasons I 1 am such a handsome butterfly Is because I 1 believe in good fresh air and because of the two windows I 1 always kept open when ohen I 1 was sleeping in ray my leafy bed 1 that Is what I 1 say and I 1 believe it to be quite true |