Touching Caterpillars
June 23rd 2010 21:00
Photo by Damiano Luchetti. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
A couple of days after my sister got stung by a caterpillar, I sent Fred a text message warning him of the dangers of stroking them. Fred loves to stroke caterpillars. One time, I made the mistake of mentioning there was a grey caterpillar on the ground. Next thing I knew, he was bending down and stroking it with his fingers. I cringed in horror.
Fred fired back with a witty response: “I never touch caterpillars, only dogerpillars.”
That reminded me of the Cantonese word for caterpillar, which literally means dog furred grubs. What a lovely way to describe something!
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