The Know It All Spider

“Shhh”, said the spider to the duck. The spider had learned long ago humans hear so well they can hear a spider spinning a web. The spider therefore remained very still in the middle of the sunlight window, as the boy pulled his bike upstairs, the back tire banged in steady rhythm up each stair.

Ducks are not usually in basements, but this one had found shelter there. His friends would return to fly with him to the pond after he recovered from an injury.

“You’re so noisy” the spider said, “human boys hear everything, thankfully I was very still so he did not hear me spinning. I know they see poorly therefore, I am as safe as can be in this window” “I was sure he would hear you moving around in that corner. Go Away! You don’t belong in a basement”

The duck had seen many humans, some brought bread to the pond, others tried to shoot him out of the sky, and in fact his injury was from a boy’s bebe gun. He knew humans saw just fine, and he also knew the spider was wrong about how well they heard.

The duck said “Humans see very well and you can be seen easily in the window where your web is!”

The spider again said, “Go away! Us spiders are independent and don’t need advice, especially from a broken down duck”

Ducks are patient with each other which allowed the duck to be patient with the spider’s rudeness.

“We ducks need everyone. At the pond we all help each other, the squirrels make noise in the trees when they think there is danger, crows squawk, ducks are pretty good as seeing families bringing bread, even the fish benefit from us working together.

The spider grunted “go away, you don’t belong in my basement.”

Just then the front tire of a bicycle passed through the door.
Spider became very still, as the boy got both tires on the basement floor he picked something up, then he wacked the spider, in his still quiet position, with a magazine.

As the spider woke up from dazed state, he said to the duck, “Tell me more about your pond”