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Advice from a Caterpillar by Rachel Rooney. When I was egg, I too, clung onto leaf in shaded safety, hidden underside. And fastened by a pinprick of belief I dared to dream I was a butterfly. A hunger hatched. I ate the home I knew then inched along the disappearing green. In shedding every skin that I outgrew, became a hundred times the size I ...
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Dec 3, 2014 · Advice from a Caterpillar. Chew your way into a new world. Munch leaves. Molt. Rest. Molt. again. Self-reinvention is everything. Spin many nests.
Chapter V: Advice from a Caterpillar. The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation.
Oct 22, 2009 · Amy Gerstler reads and discusses "Advice from A Catepillar" from her poetry collection DEAREST CREATURE.
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Alice has trouble explaining who she is to the antagonistic and contemptuous Caterpillar. Dejected, she turns to leave, but the Caterpillar calls her back to recite a poem. The Caterpillar duly notes that she recites the poem incorrectly and goes on to ask what size she would like to be.
Feb 3, 2024 · “Advice from a Caterpillar Chew your way into a new world. Munch leaves. Molt. Rest. Molt again. Self-reinvention is everything. Spin many nests. Cultivate stinging bristles. Don't get sentimental about your discarded skins. Grow quickly. Develop a yen for nettles. Alternate crumpling and climbing. Rely on your antennae. Sequester poisons
Advice from a Caterpillar. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. Alice, the main character, has gone into a strange world after she followed a rabbit down a hole. Alice spends a lot of time in this world becoming tiny and then growing very large.
