The spider and the fly

Now and then, you rest your eyes on a wall and you can find a huge black spider rushing towards a fly to trap her in his web and eat her. You feel horrified and get disgusted at the behavior of the spider. 

ut it was not so in the early days. Long, long ago, there was a spider who fell in love with a lady fly. Several times Mr. Spider went to Miss Fly and declared his love to her. But his proposals were spurned every time, and poor Mr. Spider continued waiting patiently hoping that Miss Fly would change her mind one day. 

One day, as Mr. Spider was passing by the house of Miss Fly, he saw her lady love humming a romantic song. Thinking that the song was intended for him, Mr. Spider was overwhelmed with love. He could contain his emotions no longer and he proposed to her again. 

Miss Fly was greatly annoyed this time. 

“How dare the foolish spider propose to me again and again? Hasn’t my constant rejections already given him the message that I dislike him so much?” she thought. “I better teach this creature a lesson.”

She asked Mr. Spider to wait outside her house. Then she closed the doors and windows of her home and began to boil a pot of water. After sometime, when the water had boiled enough, she opened the door and called him in. 

As soon as Mr. Spider entered the house, Miss Fly threw the boiling water at him. Poor Mr. Spider jumped in pain and ran out of the house as fast as his eight legs could carry him. 

“Wait till I return” screamed Mr. Spider angrily. “You have spurned my love, and now you will taste my hatred. I and my descendants shall avenge upon you and your descendants. We will never give you a moment’s peace.”

And true to his word, Mr. Spider chased Miss Fly wherever he could see her. From that day on, he began to hate the fly with all his heart – and his descendants could still be seen today continuing the hateful tradition towards the descendants of Miss Fly. (kidsgen.com)