When everywhere there's snow.

"But by and by, in the spring-time,

How happy you will be!

For you will wake and find yourself

A butterfly like me!

"Then work on, crawling little thing,"

Whispered the butterfly,

"For winter's coming very fast,

And so good-by, good-by."

The little caterpillar thought: "How could I possibly turn into a butterfly? I have seen other caterpillars tie themselves to twigs, but they always seemed very foolish to me."