I’m sorry Mrs Spider that I destroyed your home
I merely wished to walk your way whilst on my morning roam
I hope you soon restore the mess that I so rudely made
Please send the bill to me at once, it will be swiftly paid!
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Is that your visitor? How lovely – what a great specimen. I love this time of year when all those huge creatures are out and about. Great ditty too!
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She decided to stay on my trouser leg as I brushed through her home (unintentionally) and then demanded a free portrait portfolio as compensation.
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Fair recompense, I’d say.
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A very generous offer, although completely meaningless to this homeless spider!
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She now has a penthouse suite and is very content!
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Now I’m reminded of the time I walked right through a web I didn’t see. Ugh.
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I do that nearly every day!
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They do insist on rebuilding right where you destroyed them!!
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Oh my! I owe apologies to lots of spiders.
Great poem.
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They must get really cheesed off having to rebuild their webs so many times.
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Well… if only they’d take the hint 😉
Outside please! 😂
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I have one on my back porch and every day I knock down the webs, but they are back again in the morning.
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Instead of getting rid of the web try misting it with a fine water spray. You’ll have a great decoration for free!
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Well written….. but be careful
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Are they ready to take over the world?
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You are a very kind, and responsible, man Peter.
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In our conversation she mentioned that her great grandma used to live in The Sentinel tree!
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What a small world! We are all so connected 🥰
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We have a double front door (really great when you get furniture delivered), and one day we discovered a black and yellow spider had built a rather intricate web across side we generally don’t use. So we just left it there. She eventually moved on but left behind an egg sac which we transported to the natural area behind our house. It was almost a blessing…
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I love to see baby spiders emerging and flying off on their web tendrils.
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Spiders can make new homes in a jiffy.
I do not like them, therefore my house is full of spider repellent though not killer.
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I think you ought to add a spider to owl and mouse’s adventures!
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I don’t normally write horror stories 😀
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I like the thought of the spider sending a bill to cover damages.
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🕷☸️🏧
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Ah, just a day ago i ruined part of an orb spider’s web while getting my garden hose ready to water the hosta plants. Your poem hit the nail on the head for me! 🙂
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🕷😳
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Fun rhyme! I’d love to get photos like that but unfortunately I’m too busy screaming and running round in circles to get the spider in focus.
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It would be no use inviting you to join me on a walk at the moment then. It’s that time of year where spiders take over the woods and fields!
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You, my dear sir, are more considerate to a spider that I could ever be. Respect!
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They were here first!
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Aw and Ha! 🕷 Love this, Peter! 🕷 Great poem!!! 🕷
We are all guilty of accidentally walking through a spider’s home 🕷 and leaving it in shreds. 😦
Maybe Mrs. Spider 🕷 will be sending you a bill for the damage! 😉
HUGS!!!
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A lawyer duck arrived on the doorstep this morning with a bill!
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Oh, my!!! 😮 😛
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What currency do Spiders deal in?
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Bitcoin. It’s all handled on the web.
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Gotcha.
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Here’s the truth, Peter — if I saw that particular kind of spider that is in the picture anywhere in my real life, it wouldn’t have to worry about rebuilding a web because I’d step on that little sucker so fast it would make your head spin!!! We have daddy long-legs here, and I let them live, but that one in the picture looks scary!
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You’re not a buddhist then!
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What a cute little spider. I’m so glad you apologised to her, although she seems to have taken the huff. Mind you, it’s not every day that a lady has her house demolished. Nice little poem, Peter.
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Thank you. I fear I may have demolished her home more than once this month!
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Thank you.
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Little Miss Muffet beware and be afraid! Loved the post.
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