Character profile
Caterpillar in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Who is Caterpillar in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? A blue caterpillar in Carroll's text, portrayed here as a slow, aloof mushroom-dweller who questions Alice 'Who are you?
Who Caterpillar is
A blue caterpillar in Carroll's text, portrayed here as a slow, aloof mushroom-dweller who questions Alice 'Who are you?' and tells her which sides of the mushroom will make her grow or shrink.
Appearance
A languid, sage-like creature portrayed as an elderly gnomish figure with a long flowing white beard and eyebrows, pointed ears, and a drooping moss-green pointed hat trimmed with acorns and oak leaves; he wears a green robe and waistcoat with golden wheat-ear embroidery and a leather-buckled belt, seated cross-legged atop a red toadstool with cream spots, calmly drawing on a long-stemmed hookah pipe.
