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Quibble was a caterpillar 
Grumpy as they come
He’d scowl at all who came his way 
Always looking glum  

He’d eat his way through the leaves
Of the milkweed plants around him
He’d kick his brothers and sisters away 
If near him he found them 

He crunched and munched incessantly 
Until his skin grew tight 
And he couldn’t lift a leg or six 
However hard he tried

He was extra grumpy now
Feeling like a balloon 
So he wove himself a silken bed 
And thought he’d take a snooze 

He groused and grumbled in his sleep
For twelve whole days and nights 
And then crawled out of bed legs first
Feeling blithe and feather-light 

Quibble wondered why he wasn’t 
Frowning at the world 
When suddenly he discovered 
His wings of black and gold

He spread them out delightedly 
And went soaring in the sky
Quibble the caterpillar was now 
Monarch the butterfly