Metamorphosis means change: a complete change of form or appearance; a complete change of character.  In science, it refers to a rapid change: the change from a chrysallis to a butterfly.

The word itself comes from Ancient Greece - "morphe" meaning "form."  Maybe some people remember the cartoon character "Morph" who was (I think) a lump of Plasticene! Morph changed his form a lot!

Metamorphosis was, of course, the title of a great story by Franz Kafka in which a man wakes up one day to discover that he has changed into a giant beetle!

In school this month we had a short story competition for S1 pupils which was on the topic of "change."  Many entries attempted to take well-known stories and then change them in some significant way.  There were some great entries - winners published soon in the Knox News and on the website.