The very hungry caterpillar (arabic english)

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

تللي عىل وركة شر ضة صغرية جس ف ضوء املمر كهت ب

In the light on the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.

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...ف صباح وم أحد، طلعت امشمس ادلافئة ث –بوب -

ضة ركة صغرية جدا وجائعة جدا درجت من امب

One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and – pop! - out of the egg cae a tiny very hungry

caterpillar

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ء ثأكه بدأت ثبحث عن ش

He started to look for some food.

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لها عب ثفاحة، مكنا بلت جائعة وم اإلجني كضمت طر

On Monday he ate through one apple. But he was still hungry.

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وم امثالاثء كضمت إجاصتي، مكنا بلت جائعة

On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.

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وم األربعاء كضمت جالث دوذات، مكنا بلت جائعة

On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.

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وم اخلمس كضمت أربع حبات فراول، مكنا بلت جائعة

On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.

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س برثلاالت، مكنا بلت جائعة وم اجلمعة كضمت خ

On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.

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كطعة , وم امسبت كضمت كطعة من امشكوالطة، آس كرميسة, مخلل ...شحية من امسجق, شحية من اجلبنة امسو

On Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice- cream cone, one pickle, one slice

of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, ….

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كطعة من , كطعة من فطرية امكرز, حلوى امكرامل.... كعكة مدورة وشحية من امبطخ, امنلاهق

….. , one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one slice of watermelon. That

night he had a stomachache!

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The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, and after that he felt

much better.

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ل أصابا مغص ف معدتا ف ثل انل

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

كة وركة وم امتايل، وكن األحد مرة أدرى، كضمت امري ف امذة، وشعرت بتحسن كبري اء ل شر دض

The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, and after that he felt

much better.

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صارت ركة كبرية وسـمنة. اآلن مم ثعد جائعة، ومم ثعد ركة صغرية

Now he wasn’t hungry any more- and he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more. He was a big, fat

caterpillar!

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بنت حول هفسها بتا صغريا سمى هلة، وبلت داذل أكث من امش

هلة بوعي، ث كضمت فتحة ف امش أس ودفعت هفسها إىل اخلارج

..... ث ...

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks.

Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and…

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ل صارت فراشة ج

he was a beautiful butterfly!

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