Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

Caterpillar
Alice character
The Caterpillar using a hookah; an illustration by John Tenniel. The illustration is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male's face with a pointed nose and protruding chin or being the head end of an actual caterpillar, with two "true" legs visible.[1]
First appearanceAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
Created byLewis Carroll
In-universe information
AliasHookah-Smoking Caterpillar, Absolem
NicknameThe Blue Caterpillar
SpeciesCaterpillar
GenderMale
NationalityWonderland

The Caterpillar (also known as the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar) is a fictional character appearing in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

  1. ^ "And do you see its long nose and chin? At least, they look exactly like a nose and chin, don't they? But they really are two of its legs. You know a Caterpillar has got quantities of legs: you can see more of them, further down." Carroll, Lewis. The Nursery "Alice". Dover Publications (1966), p27.

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