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AGE: 6 to 12
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Story: The Two Caterpillars

The Two Caterpillars

On a Sunny day, two caterpillars were eating some leaves that were in a tree. The green caterpillar was called Greg and the brown caterpillar was called Bill. The two were best friends, they understood each other and did everything together. They were young, and full of energy. They loved to play games everyday, they were like brothers.
One day, Bill felt really tired, he wanted to sleep. Greg told him "Come on Bill! Lets's play!" but Bill said "Just let me rest for a while, I will feel better after I take a nap". He went to a branch on a tree and fell asleep. Greg spent the rest of the day playing by himself. He felt bored and decided to wake up Bill since 8 hours had already passed by. Greg wassurprised to see that a white shell that looked like a spider's web was covering his best friend. The white shell was strong enough to not let anyone go through. Greg cried for a long time thinking he had lost his best friend. He spent 2 weeks taking care of his friend, hoping to see Bill again.
Greg hadn't eaten or slept properly because he had been trying to rip the shell. At the middle of thenight, Greg heard a crack, as if something were breaking. He woke up alarmed and saw the shell opening slowly. Greg saw this beautiful animal coming out of the shell, it had beautiful wings with different bright colors, it looked like a rainbow. Greg was amazed at the beautiful butterfly that was coming out from the shell. Then he felt worried because his friend Bill wasn't inside the shell.
Thebeautiful butterfly stretched its wings and opened its eyes. The butterfly saw Greg and was so happy to see his best friend for the first time in a long time. Bill, the butterfly, said to Greg "Hello Greg! It's me, Bill", "I was hoping to see you again". Greg was shocked to see Bill transformed into this magnificent animal. He said to him "Wow! Bill, it's that you?" "What happened to you mate".Bill answer "It was time for me to transform" "Soon, you will also be like me, and we will fly together". Greg was so excited to see his friend once again and to think that he will also be like him. He was overjoyed.
Three days had passed. Bill and Greg were worried because there wasn't any transformation yet. Bill and Greg had spent the past days playing but not as much as they did in the past.Bill was faster than Greg because of his wings, so Greg always was caught faster making him felt frustrated. On the other hand, Bill spent a lot of time hiding in a spot making him feel bored, and sometimes he took a nap while Greg was looking for him. Greg and Bill weren't enjoying the things they did in the past. Bill decided that the problem was that Greg didn't have wings, so he came up with anidea.
Bill said to Greg "I will make wings for you so you can be as fast as me and we can have fun together", " Just, wait for a while, I will come back". Bill found some little branches and put them together giving them the shape of wings. Then, he put two leaves, one in each wing and went to see his friend. He said "Here, Greg put this on your torso and jump from the tree, the wings won't letyou fall". Greg did it, he jumped from the tree but he fell onto the ground, luckily he didn't hurt himself, but the wings broke.
Bill said "Oh, no! Greg! Are you ok?" " I know what went wrong, I'm going to fix it" "Wait for me". Bill did the same wings with the leaves but put a rope in them so Greg could move the wings with his head. Bill said to Greg "Put this on your torso and put the rope inyour mouth" "When you jump, move you head up and down so the wings can move and you can fly". Greg trusted his friend and moved his head but it didn't work. Greg fell onto the ground and the wings broke. Greg said frustrated "I won't do it again, I will live like this rather than killing myself". Bill felt very sorry, he said "I'm so sorry my friend. We will just have to find another thing to...