Billy sat down on a stone and the grasshopper perched on a blade of grass.
"Did you know how to fly before you went to sleep?" asked Billy.
"O dear no!" replied the butterfly. "I was only a caterpillar and had to creep along the earth or on cabbage leaves."
"Only a caterpillar!" gasped Billy. "Then where did you get those wings?"
"They grew in the night," answered the butterfly, "while I was asleep."
At this the grasshopper began to laugh. He laughed so hard, he had to hold his sides.
"Why are you laughing, Grasshopper?" asked Billy indignantly.
The grasshopper did not answer him, but said, "Butterfly, do you know how long you slept in that little house you made for yourself when you were a caterpillar?"