Those were the words that little Caterpilly echoed in her mind over and over again as she sat at breakfast with her momma, her daddy, and her little brother, Zip.

Her Grandma Flutter said those words to her not just once, but a few times months ago. Her grandma always seemed to know what to say, but Caterpilly almost never liked hearing it right then. The first time she heard these words, Caterpilly was upset. 

Just as she was about to get a pretend umbrella out because of the pity party she was throwing for herself, Grandma Flutter slowly flew overhead to sit down to have breakfast at their leaf table.

“Little Caterpilly, God sure did make you a caterpillar, but don’t you think He created you to also become a butterfly?”

Caterpilly said nothing, but she thought about everything. She thought about what Grandma Flutter said, and Grandma said it many times that week because this week was the week...the week Caterpilly was going to become a butterfly!

Just like her momma taught her, Caterpilly made her cocoon. She nestled herself inside until she couldn’t see Grandma Flutter, brother Zip, or Momma and Daddy anymore. She almost thought it was nice to be on her own to get this over with. 

 But after a while, almost as if someone tapped her on the shoulder, she started to repeat the words her daddy taught her...

...“Push left, push right, and with all your might, and before you know it, you’ll take flight.”

...and he was right! Before she knew it, she pushed out of that cocoon and looked left and looked right and she saw her brand-new wings! It was beautiful! All she could think of was Grandma Flutter, and her words from earlier...

Caterpilly wanted to get to her family so fast that when she tried to fly, she fell to the ground. But she quickly flew back up and flew straight to where her family gathered most...but the leaf table was empty. They were under a huge sunflower, all facing away from Caterpilly.