The Tale of the Spider

Once upon a time there was a house spider. A BIG house spider...

One day, he crawled into the sleeve of someone's favourite new cardigan. She was not afraid of spiders, so he was sure it would be okay.

It was NOT okay. Apparently she did not want to share her cardigan with him and she put it on. Feeling a little squished in the sleeve, he bit her arm to try to get her to give him some room. She didn't like that at all and pulled him out. This made the spider cross and he nipped her finger to tell her to let him go. Apparently, she misunderstood, because the next thing he heard was a piercing scream as he was thrown across the bathroom, where he landed on the floor behind the toilet and scuttled to the corner.

After narrowly escaping being caught under a plastic pot, he crept under the skirting board where nobody could reach him. He waited...

One week later, he went for a little walk out of the bathroom down the stairs. However, he was careless. Before he had got all the way downstairs, a boy spotted him and raised the alarm.

Along came the cardigan woman with a pot and a card and before the spider knew what was happening, he was trapped inside the pot and was being carried downstairs.

She looked at him in the pot and had a long chat about not biting people to get what you want. She explained he could not live in the bathroom any more and would have to go outside. He was sad and curled up in the bottom of the pot.

After their chat, they agreed to part ways with no bad feelings. He appreciated that she could have just squashed him like other people do and was grateful that she had treated him kindly. He was very sorry for biting her and she forgave him. She even took him out into the garden and taught him how to fly.

They all lived happily ever after.