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In less than an hour, you see, after coming from the egg, the young caterpillar shows what he can do. He eats leaves, he forms processions, and he spins tents.
不到一個小時，你看，從卵里出來后，小毛毛蟲展示了他能做什么。他吃樹葉，組織游行，織帳篷。
In twenty-four hours the little tent has become as large as a hazelnut, and in two weeks it is the size of an apple. But it is still only a summer tent. When winter is near, they will build a stronger one. In the meantime, the caterpillars eat the leaves around which their tent is stretched. Their house gives them at the same time meals and lodging. This saves them from going out for food when they are so young and so tiny.
不出24小時，這個小帳篷就變成了榛子那么大，兩個星期就變成了蘋果那么大。但它仍然只是一個夏季帳篷。冬天來臨時，他們將建造一個更結實的。他們的房子同時為他們提供食宿。這就避免了它們在這么小的時候外出覓食。
When this tent gives way, owing to the caterpillars’ having nibbled the leaves that hold it, the family moves on and erects a new tent higher up on the pine tree. Sometimes they reach the very top of the tree.
當這個帳篷倒塌時，由于毛毛蟲啃掉了支撐它的樹葉，毛毛蟲一家就搬走了，在更高的松樹上搭起了一個新帳篷。有時他們會爬到樹的頂端。
