Stalkers Called Caterpillars: Part 2
For those who have not read the "Stalkers Called Caterpillars" post, you might go, "What the heck? Caterpillars that stalk people? O_O" Yes, you heard me right. There are such things as caterpillars who stalk people, people including me. Why caterpillars stalk me remains a mystery to even to me. I remember the day when it all started....
I was sitting on my swing outside one fine summer day. As a simple little 10-year-old girl, I had no other thought on my mind but to spend my day in the sun...at least until lunchtime ^^ And what better way to spend your day outside in the sun than sitting in your favorite swing in the backyard, right? hehe.
Well, as I was sitting on my swing, I noticed something odd on the slide next to me. Reluctantly, I got off my swing and proceeded to investigate the slide. As I got closer, I finally saw the odd thing on the slide: a little caterpillar. I remember it distinctly; it was greenish-brown and had a lot of black specks on it. It had a little hair on it, not much at all.
Now, I am no fan of bugs at all, but the caterpillar surprisingly didn't creep me out. It looked friendly enough. I guess the caterpillar didn't mind me too much either, since it gazed back at me and did a little wiggle dance. I just laughed at the little caterpillar. "Haha! You're a cute little guy...or girl...whatever you are. Sorry for not greeting you properly. I'm Genesis. Nice to meet you!" The caterpillar just wiggled some more.
I realized how high off the ground it was then. In my mind, I figured it wanted to be back on the ground. Caterpillars shouldn't be in a dangerous place like a slide, right? Therefore, I went to get a leaf to help the caterpillar down onto the ground. When I offered the leaf to the caterpillar, he easily crawled onto the leaf and sat there. "That wasn't too hard. Now...where's your home?" Then, I came up with a brilliant idea: put him/her next to some flowers! Caterpillars like flowers ^^
Thus, I walked to the frontyard area and put the caterpillar and the leaf next to some flowers next to the mailbox. I just watched the caterpillar's reactions for a little while. It sat there for a moment as if it was confused or something. Why would it be confused? I thought caterpillars liked flowers. I scrunched up my face. Then, I mentally facepalmed myself. "Gosh, Genesis, of course! Why would the caterpillar crawl all the way from the frontyard to the backyard? For all you know, it's home is in the backyard." (Note: I talked to myself sometimes, but I promise I'm not crazy XD)
I picked up the leaf with the caterpillar still on it and walked back to the backyard. Where would this caterpillar's home be? It couldn't be on the slide. Caterpillar's shouldn't be on slides. I looked down at the caterpillar for some inspiration. It seemed to have read my mind because it did a curling motion as if it was pointing at something. I raised my eyebrows and looked at the direction it was pointing, which was toward the trees.
The lightbulb came on! Of course! No wonder it was in a high place. It must be getting ready to become a butterfly! :D Cocoons usually hang in high places anyway, so it must have been trying to find a place to start making a cocoon. I started to head to the trees, but I stopped when my mother's voice rang through my head: "Genesis, don't go in those trees. You don't know what's in there."
Now, I have always been the obedient little girl. I wouldn't go in the trees. ^^
However...mom didn't say anything about going "near" the trees.... 8D
With the caterpillar still perched on the leaf I was carrying, I made my way to the trees near our backyard. The trees had to to be my heigh times 20 of me...at the least. I gulped at the height of the giants, wondering how in the world would the caterpillar get all the way to the top. Then again, it DID crawl towards the top of my slide, which was amazing in my book. "You must be pretty strong to get that high. Aren't you afraid?" It just wiggled a little. Aish! I'm talking to a caterpillar. What's wrong with me? -___-
I walked up to one of the trees and held the leaf out the tree so the caterpillar could crawl onto the tree. At first, it didn't do anything. Did I pick the right tree? Is it scared? After a few moments of the caterpillar's not doing anything, I moved onto to another tree.
Nothing.
Went to another tree.
Nothing.
Went to another tree.
Still nothing.
"Grrr! Listen! I'm risking a whopping, coming over here to the trees like mom told me not to, so you need to make up your mind."
The caterpillar just tilted it's head up at me as if it understood me. I gave a deep sigh. "Why are you so picky?" The caterpillar turned its head to the trees and just remained still. Now what was it doing?
"Hey! Don't ignore me!" I looked back at the trees, and I saw something really cool...
On one of the trees, there were cocoons EVERYWHERE! It looked like a caterpillar/butterfly breeding ground. xD "Oooh~no wonder you didn't like the other trees. You want that one, right?" The caterpillar just remained still, but its head was definitely looking in the direction of that tree. "Cool! You'll get to be with your friends and family!" I walked over to the tree with the cocoons on it. Yep, there were a bunch of them. Some of them looked like the caterpillars had already transformed and flew out the cocoon...
"Alright! Here's our stop." I held the leaf to the tree. Unlike all the other times before, the caterpillar started crawling from the leaf to the tree. Success! 8D
After it detached itself completely from the leaf, I lowered the leaf and just looked at the caterpillar.
The caterpillar just looked at me.
"Err...it was nice meeting you. Hope you have a healthy nap...if you do sleep in that cocoon...and turn into a pretty butterfly! :D Bye!"
The caterpillar then started to trek up the tree towards one of the limbs. In turn, I turned around and walked back to the house before my mom found me there. She would start freaking out, and I didn't want mom freaking out.
Ok...some people must be thinking, "Errr....where was the stalking?"
Well...the stalking didn't start at that time, but the stalking started after that time. This is just the background story to it all xD lol! Next time, I will write a post about the stalking caterpillars ;D haha!
Till then, I hope you enjoyed this...odd...reading xD Peace!