the_very_hungry_catterpillar sparkledsneakers he ate...and ate...and ate... until he turned into a Beautiful Butterfly your thoughts never cease to amaze me thank you 040124 ... pipedream that was very pretty. maybe if i write and write i will let butterflies loose from my pen someday. or love and love. 040125 ... u24 eric carle 040127 ... x 5 year olds who say that eric carle is their favorite author scare me. favorite author?! shouldn't they be off eating worms or something? 040127 ... pipers yeah, and catching butterflies and eating mud and regular things like that instead of being smart-alecky before they've read the ramona books- everyone knows beatrice cleary kicks butt ;) 040127 ... grendel a couple of years ago, my oldest nephew, who was about 18 at the time and can be a titanic wiseass, talked me into picking up a copy of it... thinking he was going to use it to read to his little brother and sister who were respectively 4 and 5 back then he kept it for himself "Are, you kidding, man? I love this book. I wanted it for myself...heh" 040127 ... pipers hehe, what a smartie pants he turned out to be :D i still read the books i read when i was little...my ramona books, all my enid blytons...its comfort food for the soul when you're feeling icky. 040128 what's it to you? who go blather from