Urvashi

In a bush near us, there lives a little green caterpillar named Toodle. Toodle lives a happy life with his family on a little green leaf, enjoying the suns rays, the monsoon’s raindrops and the winter’s chilly breeze. He is a lovely, well mannered little caterpillar: He cleans his part of the leaf everyday, without his mother having to yell at him to do so. He folds his clothes neatly and never leaves his wet bath towel on the bed. He even combs his hair before breakfast and wears a dress robe so his family doesn’t have to see him in those ugly polka dotted sleep shorts he never has the time to change out of. He shares his toys with his brothers and sisters and all his friends, and even lets them borrow it for the night if they want. But there is one bad thing about Toodle. He is very greedy about food. He never shares his food. If he sees any one of his brothers or sisters or friends or even his parents eating anything, he grabs it right out of their hands and gobbles it up immediately. He even eats a lot of the things that lie around the leaf. His mother and father are very upset about this and punish him everyday. But Toodle doesn’t learn. They tell him that if he eats so much he will have to puke everything out because his stomach isn’t big enough. He is scared of puking but every day he forgets that it will happen to him. Today, after Toodle had grabbed and gobbled a strawberry yoghurt cereal bar from his figure conscious sister, his stomach began to rumble. It growled and made the funniest noises he had ever heard. Suddenly his mouth was forced open and out flew everything he had eaten. If you look into the dustbin now, you will see what Toodle ate today.



(poster near/ on a dustbin)