On a blustery and rainy Septemeber morning, poor three-month-old Fred The Caterpillar was struggling along the puddled sidewalk on the Manchester College Campus. His fuzzy spines clung together with the moisture and his stubby legs were not long enough to keep him out of further puddles. Narrowly did he avoid being stepped on countless times as umbrella-weilding college students dashed about, caring too much about themselves and their schedules to take a glance down at poor Fred.
It took the idle, continuous, downward stares from a first year student, Jessica Hickerson, to spot the helpless creature. Her thoughtful glances downwards while trying to digest information from her newspaper interview let her gaze fall upon Fred. Stopping and switching her umbrella to a free hand, Hickerson knelt down and attempted to pick up the frightened caterpillar. After a moment, she successfully put him on the tip of her finger, then proceeded to walk to the nearest tree, where she dispersed her new found friend.
"I love bugs, and I have never been afraid of them. And I think they have a right to live as much as everyone else," Hickerson said when asked of her stances on bug rights. "Don't tell Fred, but everyone on my floor calls on me when a stray bug gets into their room."
Caterpillar was not at an altitude in which an interview could be conducted on the matter.
Hickerson, however, after returning to her dorm, was reported to have fallen down the stairs in her wet flip flops. Her injuries are minimal.
(edited after better learning) :))
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