Willie and Howard

If you have already read Willie the Caterpillar, you will love this poem. PopPop wrote this after he read the story just for his little people.



Willie was a caterpillar
Howard was his chum
Each a fuzzy little feller
No bigger than your thumb.

Willie liked to crawl the highway
Dodging stones and passers by
Howard liked to dream of someday
 He would be up in the sky.

One day they met on the roadside
Willie was just passing by
Howard said that he was going
To become a butterfly.

Willie laughed at Howard's story
Willie liked the life he led,
He told Howard he was sorry
He would just stay here instead.

Later on as Willie rambled
He looked up into the sky
 He could see a lovely creature
 Trying to attract his eye.

Willie stopped and waved his feeler
 At the thing away up high
 It had Howard's voice and told him
I am how a butterfly!!!!


Howard told him it was thrilling
 To be up so high and free
 All you had to be was willing
 And you can look just like me.

 Look I am a new creation
 This is what I came to be
 Willie said "I'll be one next year
 Just you wait and see1!!!