Word: caterpillar
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...Although he had had to defy his own parents on a choice of career, Newman had no trouble with his own son, Leonard Hugh. Born on the Bexley butterfly farm, the boy grew up in a fluttering world that was timed to the persistent rhythm of mating, egg laying, caterpillar collecting, pupation and maturing butterflies. Before he was eight, he was showing precocious skill at spotting rare specimens. "There had never been any question of an alternative career for me," acknowledges Leonard Hugh in a book, Butterfly Farmer, just published in England (Phoenix House...
...where happy Cardinal Lercaro stood, tossing out little sacks of cookies and sweets and being pelted with confetti and rice. A few days later, on St. Joseph's Day, the cardinal again broke out his carnival displays-the giant Mickey Mouse, the enormous papier-mâché caterpillar, the ducks and the Martian flying saucers. This time, 40,000 people came for the fun, while Mayor Dozza's city police dutifully kept order...
...fuzzy-wuzzy caterpillar is sporting wide stripes these days, and to all ski enthusiasts, this is as sure an indication as any that the oncoming winter will be a good one. And even before the snow came to Cambridge last weekend; the Crimson ski team was limbering itself up in preparation for what it hopes will be its best season since...
After raising a bumper catepillar crop one summer. Walcott realized that the oak season would soon be over, leaving nothing to feed the baby caterpillars; hence the idea of frozen caterpillar food originated...
...till now Dane hasn't been able to obtain a permit to import the live caterpillar eggs, so ten days ago Walcott and he smuggled some in from Canada. However, these caterpillars won't be ready until next spring--too late to collect...