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Happy Birthday, Butterfly
by Nancy I. Sanders
Characters
Child #1
Child #2
Children
Child #1: Look! A little egg.
Child #2: It is sitting under a leaf.
Children: What is inside?
Child #1: Look! Something is coming out of the egg.
Child #2: It is a caterpillar.
Children: Happy birthday, caterpillar!
Child #1: Look! The caterpillar is eating the leaf.
Child #2: It is really hungry.
Children: Here are more leaves to munch, little caterpillar.
Child #1: Look! The caterpillar is growing.
Child #2: It is getting longer and longer.
Children: It is a big, fat caterpillar.
Child #1: Look! It is hanging from a stick.
Child #2: It is building a little house.
Children: The house is called a chrysalis.
Child #1: Look! The house is starting to move.
Child #2: Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. Out comes a butterfly. Surprise!
Children: Happy birthday, butterfly!