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Hope for the Flowers

Trina Paulus

Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often categorized as a children's novel, it is a fable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read". The two focal characters are caterpillars named Yellow and Stripe. They begin their search for meaning by attempting to climb to the top of a caterpillar pillar only to discover another destiny.The novel has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, French, Turkish, and Swahili.

“We have a nice home and we love each other and that's enough.”

Trina Paulus Hope for the Flowers

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“How does one become a butterfly?" she asked.
"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

Trina Paulus Hope for the Flowers

Variant: How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.
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