At this point of the hike, Patrick droned on about caterpillars.
“The caterpillar, of course, is a larva from the insect order Lepidoptera. They eat mostly vegetables, although some of them eat insects. Now if you look close, you’ll notice …”
She wanted to go back to Philadelphia. Agnes never knew Brandywine Park could be so boring. But Patrick continued.
“I’m not exactly certain where the word ‘caterpillar’ came from, but I do know it has something to do with the Middle English word ‘catirpel.’ What we do definitely know is that the word has nothing to do with ‘butterfly.’”
Agnes wished she were at home, listening politely during one of Mrs. Collins’s numerous calls on Mama, detailing the latest neighborhood gossip. Granny refused to attend – “such nonsense as I’ve never heard, not even from my mother-in-law” – but Mama always made her sit through those ordeals.
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