A Very Small Spider
Last week, a reader told me about his spider. A very, very small one, so nobody need hide behind the sofa.
Every morning when he went to the car he would find a spider’s thread stretching from his wing mirror to his door handle and each morning, feeling guilty, he had to see the thread break as he opened the door.
Then, last week, he went out to the car and put his hand on the handle, looking apologetically at the mirror. As he did so he was surprised to see the very, very small spider emerge from the very slight gap between the mirror and its waterproofing surround.
He didn’t actually tell me his next action but I can imagine he raised his hat and said ‘Morning! Awfully sorry to trouble you.’
So, having started fantasising, I have indulged myself a little further:
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Text and illustrations ©Paul Wigmore 2010
September 27th, 2010 - 18:57
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! And for gawdsake, don’t stop now!
P.S. My regards to the Spider chap. I cannot bring myself to extinguish my resident spiders either…
October 9th, 2010 - 21:22
I enjoyed this tale very much, although in reality I doubt that any marriage to the Queen of the Arachnids would be long-lived – I’m pretty sure that male spiders are eaten by the females after mating…
(Or am I thinking of praying mantises?)