Who Are You

This charming friend is part of OHM's Alice in Wonderland collection: the famous smoking Caterpillar. Alice was hunting through the flowers and foliage of Wonderland looking for something edible, when she came upon a giant mushroom. Standing on tiptoe, she peered over the top of the massive shroom and came face-to-face with a sleepy Caterpillar smoking a hookah pipe. "Who are you?" asked the Caterpillar. "I hardly know, sir, just at present," replied Alice. "At least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning; but I think I must have been changed several times since then." The Caterpillar puffed away on his hookah for awhile and then said, "So you think you’re changed, do you?" "I’m afraid I am, sir," said Alice. "I can’t remember things as I used to, and I don’t keep the same size for ten minutes." Perhaps the Caterpillar should have told Alice that such bewilderment, forgetfulness, and frequent changes in size were actually the first signs of aging. They happen to us all the time!