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By: Lobna Shash

Once upon a time, there was 

a tiny caterpillar. She felt 

weak and lonely, she looked 

around, everything appeared 

gigantic and scary, the 

flowers stems looked like 

they were hairy monsters, 

the green grass looked like 

it was high heaving ghosts.

 The birds looked like 

they were winged 

dragons dropping 

down from their 

skyscrapers of high 

brown bodies

 and scary messy 

green heads.

She looked at herself in the reflection of a 

water drop that looked as an enormous ocean.

She found herself featureless, dull, 

slow and putting that all together; she 

realized she was the "unworthy nothing in the 

world of monsters". 

She thought with despair " what's the point?, 

I don't belong to this world".

"I know no other world either, if I walk for 

years I won't reach this other world, and if I do, 

it'll probably be like this world, and I shall never 

find the world to which I belong, and if I do find 

it, most probably it will be a featureless, dull 

world just like myself and I won't live in that 

either".

Tired from thinking, drained from frustration 

and hopeless as she was; she felt a cold thrill 

shivering her tiny existence.

  She weaved herself a 

coat, she made sure that 

it covers her all up so 

she sees no one and no 

one sees her. 

She drowned in her own 

sorrows. Her own fears 

designed a daily 

nightmare that seemed 

so authentic and logic in 

her dark coat.

A strange day came when she 

didn't understand what was 

going on, bright light beams 

caressed her complexion. 

Despite of her coat, an 

awkward overwhelming 

feeling whirled around her 

and compelled her to dance! 

She found herself 

unconsciously dropping her 

coat, and in a glance she was 

released, reborn and 

revitalized.

She has never felt that fresh nor 

has she felt that dynamic, she 

revolved around herself and to her 

happiest surprise ever; she found 

she had the most glamorous and 

colorful vibrant wings anyone could 

have fantasized. She flipped 

flopped them in a flirty and joyful 

way, and for the second time she 

was happily surprised to see her 

wings lifting her up and up and up 

till she found herself above all her 

fears.

She saw the flowers; 

only this time she saw 

the charming petals 

with the dew drops 

makeup blushing their 

cheeks. She saw the 

green grass; only this 

time she saw it as a 

royal carpet beyond the 

flower princesses feet.

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