| One time a caterpillar, who happened to look up from the leaf she was eating, saw a chicken laying an enormous egg. Since things in the distance always look smaller than things up close, from the caterpillar's vantage point it appeared to her that the egg was laying the chicken. This information was very comforting since her Uncle Fenimore, her mother's odd-ball brother, would always loudly call out at the sight of her, asking which came first, the chicken or the egg, and then squirm and wiggle with such high-strung silly laughter that it became a sore spot that got on the caterpillar's nerves to such an extent that she would develop an instant skin rash at the very sight of him. Now at last, having seen the egg laying the hen, she told Uncle Fenimore the answer as to which came first and finally put an end to all his irritating silliness. And he himself was so relieved that his little tick didn't tick her off anymore that he most graciously let her take a few small puffs on his hookah. Perhaps you've seen a picture of him sitting on a mushroom scolding Alice while puffing away.
(For the Niece) Even a worm named Fenimore won't squirm anymore nor wiggle
When a sore spot becomes a rash,
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