On a
sunny September day . . .
. . . an
industrious spider was at work, centred in her shimmering web, waiting for
hapless creatures to wander in.
'Will you walk into my parlour?' said a spider to a fly;
’Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I have many pretty things to shew when you are there.’
‘Oh, no, no!’ said the little fly, ‘to ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair can ne’er come down again.’
From the poem by Mary Howitt (1828)
When I was in junior high literature class, we had to memorize a poem and recite it in front of the class and this is the poem I chose! I still recall quite a bit of it and you brought back some fond memories.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love the spider pictures!
Deleteoh goodness. I am not fond of spiders or their webs. I was bitten by a brown recluse several years ago. was sick for over a year.
ReplyDeleteGreat little poem. Good for children.
ReplyDeleteI like spiders. They are fascinating. I asked my husband last night about tarantulas. He doesn’t want one. I had a friend when I was a kid who had one and he used to bring it to school in his pocket until the teacher found out. Yeah I’m a bit weird that way I guess. As for snakes - no way.
ReplyDeleteI only knew the first line of the poem, and it is quite sweet, as the fly survives.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful web and very smart fly. I almost never see huge webs here, too many other critters go through my "garden", including people taking shortcuts. I love the charcoal (crayon?) train drawing.
ReplyDeleteSpiders, no thank you
ReplyDeleteI've never read the entire poem. Liked reading it all!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever heard the whole poem. Interesting looking spider.
ReplyDeleteI like spiders and I think they are in an incredible tiny creature. These are some beautiful pictures taken of the cobweb.
ReplyDeleteThey are intriguing creatures. While they don’t creep me out as they do some people, I sure don’t want to snuggle with them either.
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