Once there was a lovely garden, newly built -
newly planted for the family to enjoy.
Broccoli, a family favorite, was lovingly planted and tended with hopes
to enjoy the fresh, organic, home-grown bounty in the winter. The children were excited to find the plants flourishing with giant leaves emerging from the freshly weeded soil.
Then little holes started to appear . . .
The holes started getting bigger, and the leaves started disappearing.
Until the next day there were not any leaves left.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and all his friends, were found, plucked off and were put to good use by becoming a little science project for two four-year-old little boys with a magnifying glass.
The children now have a daily assignment to make sure all of the Very Hungry Caterpillar's cousins are not visiting.
6 comments:
How sad! But, what a great way to turn it around into a learning experience for your kids!
Almost makes one feel sorry for the little caterpillar - until the results of his voracious appetite appear. Love the way you turned it into a learning experience.
Those darn caterpillars! We had a few too and didn't get to harvest one leaf of lettuce. I loved our garden though. I'll have to remember to donate next years' caterpillars to science as well:)
Cute little story though. It is amazing how much they can eat.
Love the garden!It looks so healthy:) minus the critters. We
have terrible soil here.Not likely
we'll be pumpkin farmers like Rachelle -so lucky:) James' dad did
a garden one year -nice size like a
20x20.He called it his million dollar garden because of all the
$$ dumped into it just to get decent soil.haha
I just checked your book list(snap!do you read while driving,cooking,
cleaning,sleeping!?haha) My last book was a Nicholas Sparks -A Bend in the Road, and JUST this a.m. I
started Playing for Pizza!!TOoooo
funny:)
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