Natalie found her first caterpillar of the season the other day. Perhaps because her father is part Native American, she named her caterpillar ‘Little One’. When bath time came, we allowed her to take her bug catcher up to the bathroom with her.
When Henry went up to wash the girls’ hair he called for me to come see Little One. What I found was a caterpillar that looked like a drowned rat. He was saggy and sopping wet, lying on his bed of leaves in the bug catcher.
“What happened to Little One?” I asked.
“He went for a swim.” said Henry.
“For a swim?” I looked at Natalie. “Did he fall in or did you swoosh him around.”
“I swooshed him around. ” She said brightly.
Today she found another caterpillar and again called him Little One. Soon after catching him she nonchalantly said, “Caterpillars don’t like water. When they swim they die. So I’m not going to put water in my bug catcher.”
I’m going to start calling her Quick One.
(c) 2016 Leighann Marquiss
Comments (7)
Smart girl, so cute! Both of them.
Ooooo I’m not looking forward to them! I did, however, get quite a bit of enjoyment last year seeing Reese (my husband) do a dance when one crawled up his leg while we were eating outside at the picnic table. LOL
Oh how cute!! She caught on quickly!
So cute!
Hey Rapunzel, you should videotape your husband next time a caterpillar gets frisky. That could win you some money. LOL!
Yep…Smart One, for sure! (That fudgesicle sure looks good, too!)
very cute!
Laughing so hard I can’t breath! Too cute!