Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese: wisdom from our elders Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese: wisdom from our elders Kathryn and Ross Petras Workman Publishing , New York 409pp £6.99 0761125183 0761125183 [Formula: see text].
'Now, supposing the caterpillars have an annual meeting - the local society of caterpillars - and an older caterpillar says: "You know, it's an extraordinary thing, but we are all going to be butterflies". "Okay," the caterpillars say, "you poor fool, you are not just an old man who is frightened of dying; you're inventing something to comfort yourself".'