THE  CATERPILLAR  IN  THE  SKY
 
 
 
 

My little brother and I love to play together in
our back yard. We have a big back yard with
a pretty, white fence around it. Almost every
day after lunch, we head straight for the 
back yard so we can play for a while before
nap time.
 
 

'Markie' is my little brother's name and he's
five years old. My name is Susie and I am six
years old. We like to play in our sandbox 
that daddy built for us. Sometimes we play
Tag, and I always let Markie win because 
he can't run as fast as I can.
 
 

One day while we were playing in our sandbox,
I looked up at the sky and noticed that there
were lots and lots of big fluffy clouds floating
around.
 
 

As I was staring up at all of the pretty clouds,
I noticed that there were many different shapes
and sizes of clouds. There was one cloud in
particular that looked just like a caterpillar !
 

"Markie, look ! See that cloud right over there ?
Doesn't it look just like a caterpillar ?"
 
 

Markie stopped digging in the sand with his
little red shovel and looked up at the sky. I 
could tell that he was trying hard to find the
'caterpillar' cloud that I had pointed to.
 
 

"Susie, I can't find it. Point at it again for
me, please !'  So I pointed at it again for 
Markie and finally he saw it too. "Oh yes !  I
see it now !  Then he stood up in the sandbox
so he could get a better look at it.
 

It does, Susie !  It looks just like a long, furry
caterpillar !"
 
 

Then Markie asked me "Susie, who makes all
the clouds up in the sky?"  Well, I knew the
answer to that because I had learned all about
it in Sunday School.  So I answered  "Markie,
God made all the clouds that are up in the sky."
 
 

Markie didn't say anything for a minute or two
and then in a very excited voice, he yelled
"Susie, look !  Look over there at that cloud !"
"Can you see it ?  It looks just like a big
watermelon !"
 
 

Well I looked and looked but I couldn't find his
big watermelon.  I said  "Markie, point at it
again so I can find it too." Then he pointed
at it again and then I saw it too !
 
 

After that, we began to see all kinds of shapes
in the clouds. We found one cloud that was
shaped like a big balloon. We even saw a cloud
that looked just like a snowman !  Markie
said he thought that some of the clouds looked
like a whole bunch of bubbles.
 
 

Mama called out for us to come on inside.
It was time for us to take our naps. We
picked up our toys and put them back into
our sandbox. Suddenly, Markie stopped and
stood very still and looked up at the sky with
a big smile on his face and said,
 

"Thank you God for making all of those 
pretty clouds for us !"
 

Author/Story written by:
Tammy Boatman-Young
September 2003