Big Book

Caterpillar
Looks for a

Shoe



Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe

Adapted from the original work of Somsanouk Bouttavong
Illustrated by
Ounla Santi

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This story is an adaptation of (with the original illustrations from): Caterpillar Looks for a Shoe
(English), written by Somsanouk Bouttavong, illustrated by Ounla Santi, translated by Alisha
Berger, published by Room to Read (©Room to Read, 2015) released under a CC BY 4.0 license on
StoryWeaver. www.storyweaver.org.in

Caterpillar has lost a shoe. 1
What will she do?

“May I borrow a shoe from you, Spider?” she asks.
2 But Spider’s shoe is too small.

Spider’s small shoes won’t work. 3
Caterpillar is sad without her shoe.

She goes to Green Frog. “May I borrow a
4 shoe from you, Green Frog?” she asks.

But Green Frog’s shoe is too big. 5
These big shoes won’t work.

She goes to Green Grasshopper. “May I borrow
6 a shoe from you, Green Grasshopper?”

But Green Grasshopper’s shoe is too scratchy. 7
These scratchy shoes won’t work.

She asks Crab.
8 “May I borrow a shoe from you, Crab?”

But Crab’s shoes are used for digging. 9
These sharp shoes won’t work.

The shoes have all been too small, too big,
too scratchy, or too sharp.
10 The caterpillar curls up on a leaf to rest.

Caterpillar thinks about what she can do. 11
She decides to make a cocoon to sleep in.

She sleeps and sleeps.
12 And when Caterpillar steps out of her cocoon…

She is a butterfly. 13
She doesn’t need shoes anymore.
She can fly!