Dancing Friend

The caterpillar would love to dance with the insects, but they mock her clumsiness. Only the tiniest insect sees something special in her. Will the caterpillar finally manage to realise her dream?

The caterpillar spends her days peacefully eating green leaves. When one day she spots the graceful pirouettes of other insects, she develops a powerful desire. Every attempt to join in the dance, however, ends with her being ridiculed for her clumsiness. Only the tiniest insect looks at her with sympathy. Struggling to endure the spite of her companions, the injured caterpillar runs off to another branch, and the little one follows her. Wanting to comfort her, he invites her to dance. No one expects that, the following morning, the caterpillar will wake up completely transformed…

Dancing Friend is a touching story about how each of us is unique, and how real friendship gives us the strength to realise even our biggest dreams.

Presented alongside the film Twinkle Twinkle Little Elephant.

Did you know that…

… although they seem helpless, caterpillars have special powers that help them outsmart hungry birds? Some can inflate their heads so much that they start to resemble snakes, others have spots on their backs that look like threatening, open eyes, and still others give off an unpleasant smell that repels predators.