Lyric

Career day. A nursery full of eyes

Mina holds her own picture book tight

She chose this story for a reason: it was hers

She wrote each sentence clearly, drew each page

The colorful illustration — a tiny caterpillar stirs

On a leaf, under the moon, small for his age

"I'll show you a world," she told them with a smile

"It looks difficult, but listen — you'll understand."

She read them a story. The story made them glad

She taught us something important that day:

Words can be a gift you give —

And giving looks a lot like play

Words are power. Words are light

The caterpillar lay on the leaf and ate a pear, a plum

He popped come out of his dream and — pop! — he grew

"How about the ending?" — wings! The children clap, they hum

"Pretty!" they shout. Learning is necessary — and fun, too

International words on every tag and note —

Chopsticks, information, a career still coming up

Kai watched her and thought of what Bird once wrote:

Teach someone one word, and you fill their cup

She read them a story. The story made them glad

It taught me something important, too:

The smallest caterpillar anyone ever had

Can smile, again and again, and become someone new

Words are power. Words are light

From now on, she said, "I want to teach."

The moon came up. The pages sleep