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Weekly Contest #239
The first thing I remember about the hiking path is a caterpillar. I was six, and till then, caterpillars were hungry blobs in picture books. The translucent emerald worm inched across a branch at my eye level. “It’s like a gummy worm!” I said with bug-wide eyes. “Why don’t you eat it?” My dad suggested. I giggled, “No, that’s silly!” “Come on, I bet it tastes like candy!” I clutched at my dress, still giggling but growing more uncertain. “No, it doesn’t.” My mom handed me a leaf. “Maybe it’s hungry,” she said. I put the leaf in...
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