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* KidsMealToy: In 1996, UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of six finger puppets based on Eric Carle books in their Happy Meals. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's puppet was of him inside an apple.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: PopCultureUrbanLegends: Apparently, Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.
-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer stomachache. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar/ It originated from a fake interview published as an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."April Fool's Day prank.]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a widely disseminated story that Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a widely disseminated story that Apparently, Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a widely disseminated story that Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.
-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer stomachache. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar/ It originated from a fake interview published as an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."April Fool's Day prank.]]


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* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.
-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."

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* ExecutiveMeddling: PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a widely disseminated story that Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomachache.
-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer
stomachache. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar/ It originated from a fake interview published as an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."April Fool's Day prank.]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomach.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomach.stomachache.
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-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are," Carle said. "He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."

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-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are," Carle said. "He are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."
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-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar," he said. "The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are," Carle said. "He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."

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-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar," he said. "The Caterpillar. The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are," Carle said. "He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle was ''not'' happy at being forced to include the scene of the caterpillar suffering a stomach.
-->'''Carle:''' "My publisher and I fought bitterly over the stomachache scene in The Very Hungry Caterpillar," he said. "The caterpillar, you'll recall, feasts on cake, ice cream, salami, pie, cheese, sausage, and so on. After this banquet I intended for him to proceed immediately to his metamorphosis, but my publisher insisted that he suffer an episode of nausea first—that some punishment follow his supposed overeating. This disgusted me. It ran entirely contrary to the message of the book. The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are," Carle said. "He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect. It compromised the book."
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The "interview" from which this originates was an April Fool's joke in the Paris Review. Carle never said it.


* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle's publisher insisted he add the stomachache scene, as AWeightyAesop showing some sort of "punishment" for overeating.
-->"The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Eric Carle's publisher insisted he add the stomachache scene, as AWeightyAesop showing some sort of "punishment" for overeating.
-->"The caterpillar is, after all, very hungry, as sometimes we all are. He has recognized an immense appetite within him and has indulged it, and the experience transforms him, betters him. Including the punitive stomachache ruined the effect."

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft for the story involved a book worm.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft for the story involved a book worm.bookworm.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft for the story involved a book worm.

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