It is an egg. It is white and small.

It was a white egg. Now it is a green caterpillar. It has a head. It has a long body. It has no feet.

It was a green caterpillar. Now it is a brown cocoon. It is fat. It can climb up the branch.

It was a brown cocoon. Now it is a green mantis. It is beautiful. It is big. It has a sharp feeler. It has a triangle green head. It has a long body. It has six feet. It can climb. It can jump. It likes to eat insects.