A wretched day it really was
The sun was shining so very hard,
And the rain was pretending to fall.
Young Rappin Roo was sitting
And grumbling on her large red ball.
“Oh, this so boring” she said,
“I think I’ll really go to bed,
My books are all read
My toys are all played,
I really don’t want to sleep.
My eyes open, I shall keep.”
She looked at the sky,
She even swatted a fly,
She sang a tuneless song,
that didn’t take too long,
When something caught her eye.
A spider, a funny spider,
he was looking at her,
Should she hide-
or step aside?
Ah, this was scary,
She’d better be wary,
Her mum says don’t talk to strangers
specially creepy crawly web spinners!
Then her friendly smile, she smiled.
The spider just glared,
quietly spinning his web.
Said Rappin Roo, “That’s mighty rude of you
You should really smile, when you are smiled to”
The spider just angrily stared,
Rappin Roo then quickly said
“Say something Mr. Spider
I got nothing to do,
I could talk to you?”
“Silly child,” rudely said a voice
“You humans, I just can’t trust
For whenever you see my pretty web,
completely destroy it you just must.”
Screamed youg Roo,
“Hey I’ve never spoken to a spider,
it’s so very and absolutely nice of you,
Now I’ll have something do to!”
The spider came slowly,
So wary and sulkily
“All right, I have said hello,
But, I got a lot of work you know.
Spinning a fine web is a mighty task,
at which I’m very fast
Last week I have actually won
the web spinning cup!.
Oh! I can’t sit and gabble,
nor lazily all day dabble
I got work, I can’t talk”
“Oh, darn “sighed Rappin roo
I’d like to help you.”
The spider then snapped,
Saying ever so cruelly,
“Stuff and nonsense,
Near my pretty web
how can I ever let you?
Yes , you’ll break it all
Imagine it will all fall
with one touch of your huge hands
I will have no web to crawl about at all.
I can spin me a parachute
On which I can forever hang,
And, it catches me all my food
Like some stupid fly.
My lunch, dinner
and breakfast it can always bring
Isn’t that such a wonderful thing”
So, he asked Rappin Roo,
“How can I let a clumsy thing like you,
Even come close to my beautiful web?”
Rappin Roo said sharp and fast
“Oh dear spider that’s very mean
A little scared of you I may seem.
But, I can crush you with a broomstick
or even with that huge red , shiny brick
You don’t really frighten me”
Sticking out her tongue-she said “Goodbye!”.
“Cheerio !“ cried the spider
“I hope we never meet again “
Angry Rappin Roo burst the big red ball
She was screamed down the hall,
The spidey web she’ll break!
His things she’ll take,
She’ll show what she could do,
So angry was little Rappin Roo.
Setting out with broomstick, she gave spidey a chase
She’d show this lousy arachnid his rotten place!
The fearless spider called his cousin the Tarantula,
From South America, came he!
And Rappin Roo, well what a scare had she!
So off to bed she went – and closed her eyes,
Dreaming of scary spiders, and measly flies.
The Spider of course kept on spinning,
All night he kept working.
No time for boring humans, or a screaming pest,
He had to spin a web that was the best!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Story 2 - Zide the spider sees the world
Zide was a tiny spider that lived in the corner of the garden. He was a very shy spider; and he had never been out of his home. He lived little hole in the soil and made a trapdoor on it with silk. This door would cover his home and even help him trap little insects. Zide is was we humans call a ‘trap-door’ spider.
One day a little fly came to look into Zide’s home. It was caught on the trap door and whoosh the little spider grabbed the fly, read to bite it with its fangs. The fly was smart, he said, “Hey Zide if you let me go I’ll tell you about the world!’
Now Zide had never seen anything more than his house before, so he had no idea how big the world was. He always thought that the world ended just a little bit away from home. He was curious, so he asked the fly about the world. “Tell me,” he said, “What’s there in the world?” Now, the fly as I have said, was clever, and so he said, “I’ll tell you about the world if you promise not to kill me!” Zide promised the fly that he would be safe.
The fly told him about the little garden that Zide lived in. As the little spider had never gone away from his home, he had no idea about it. It all sounded rather interesting.
The fly told him about the flowers, the bees, and the lawnmower that was noisy and seemed like a huge beast. He told him about rats, dangerous frogs, the fort ant’s nest and stones and the rain that fell all over. Zide has always thought that the water from the sky fell only in his little burrow, it all seemed very new to him. Finally, after a long chat the fly went away leaving Zide in deep thought. “There is so much to see around,” he thought. He imagined the flowers all around, the frogs and dragonflies; the pond and the rain that fell all over.
Zide wanted to see the world. “What is life without a little adventure!” he thought.
Then one day he made up his mind, “I’ll go see the world.” So, the next morning he caught himself some bugs to have a very heavy breakfast and set out to see the world. Our tiny hero walked out of his burrow onto the earth and was taken aback by what he saw. The garden was huge, magnificent and colorful, with many creatures around. “Hello world,” he yelled, “I’m coming to see you.”
Quickly he ran across on his eight tiny legs, when he suddenly saw a big green thing, with dark green patches. This thing was jumping all over, and it had long tongue coming in and out of its mouth. The spider got onto a log of wood and cried in its tiny voice, “Hi, who are you?” The green giant was taken aback to see the spider, “I’m the big bullfrog. What’s a tiny spider like you doing out here?” he asked. The spider said, “I’m out to see the world!” The bullfrog laughed loudly, “Oh you’ll get eaten up. Go back to the web you came from!”
Zide the spider was offended, “Humph!” he said, “I am not like other trap-door spiders, happy to sit in my burrow! I want to see the world!” The bullfrog just laughed and let Zide go.
So he moved ahead, he found a pretty little ladybird sitting under the flowers. Zide and the ladybird were friends. Long long ago he had tried to eat her. But the ladybird told him a funny story, so he had let her go. Today she was most surprised to Zide so far away from home, “What are doing here, Zide?” she asked, “You never leave you burrow!” Zide told her about the fly, who had tempted him to see the big world, the garden.
The ladybird was very kind. She wanted to throw Zide a party. She called all the insects and the arachnids to the party. Only the scorpions were left out, as all the insects and spiders were scared of those. (Now arachnids, I must tell you are eight legged creatures like spiders. They are proud to be different from insects)
The ladybird made Zide promise that he would not eat any of the insects here. Zide was too happy to have a party, so he promised the ladybird every single insect would be safe with him. You should have seen the bugs and insects in the party. How they danced, even Zide flung his eight legs around and danced. He had so much fun.
A little scorpion heard all the noise. He came and watched for a while, and then he saw Zide. “Mmm,” he thought, “A nice fat spider, he’ll make a good meal!” The scorpion called out to Zide, “Hey what are you doing here?” Zide was so happy dancing that he forgot his fear of scorpions.
“I’m out to see the world,” he shouted back.
The scorpion said, “Come with me I’ll show you the world.” The scorpion and Zide the trap-door spider ran on, both had eight feet, so they were quick.
They stopped at the edge of the garden and Zide for the first time in his life saw the fence and the world beyond. It looked strange to him. There were huge vehicles, which he thought were giant bug rushing all over. He was quite scared. If you were a little spider, you too would get scared.
The scorpion thought to himself, "Hee, hee! Now I can eat him!” and so he raised his shard pincers towards Zide. Seeing these our hero said, “Oops gotta run!” and off he was like a shot! The scorpion followed him shouting, “I’ll catch you!”
At last finding his way, Zide ran as fast as he could, the bugs and insects saw him run, “Go Zide go!’ they yelled. The ladybird shouted, “Run kiddo, run!” The bullfrog yelled, “Go back to your burrow fast!
Zide ran and ran. The scorpion was fast. At last Zide’s saw the safety of his house. He rushed in quickly and spun a stronger door, stuck with mud and shut himself in. The scorpion tried his best to get in, but Zide was safe! Finally, he gave up and went away. Zide, sighed with relief.
“That was an adventure!” he said, before he tucked him self to sleep that night. His dreams were about the big-huge world he had seen. Sweet Dreams Zide, the trap-door spider!
One day a little fly came to look into Zide’s home. It was caught on the trap door and whoosh the little spider grabbed the fly, read to bite it with its fangs. The fly was smart, he said, “Hey Zide if you let me go I’ll tell you about the world!’
Now Zide had never seen anything more than his house before, so he had no idea how big the world was. He always thought that the world ended just a little bit away from home. He was curious, so he asked the fly about the world. “Tell me,” he said, “What’s there in the world?” Now, the fly as I have said, was clever, and so he said, “I’ll tell you about the world if you promise not to kill me!” Zide promised the fly that he would be safe.
The fly told him about the little garden that Zide lived in. As the little spider had never gone away from his home, he had no idea about it. It all sounded rather interesting.
The fly told him about the flowers, the bees, and the lawnmower that was noisy and seemed like a huge beast. He told him about rats, dangerous frogs, the fort ant’s nest and stones and the rain that fell all over. Zide has always thought that the water from the sky fell only in his little burrow, it all seemed very new to him. Finally, after a long chat the fly went away leaving Zide in deep thought. “There is so much to see around,” he thought. He imagined the flowers all around, the frogs and dragonflies; the pond and the rain that fell all over.
Zide wanted to see the world. “What is life without a little adventure!” he thought.
Then one day he made up his mind, “I’ll go see the world.” So, the next morning he caught himself some bugs to have a very heavy breakfast and set out to see the world. Our tiny hero walked out of his burrow onto the earth and was taken aback by what he saw. The garden was huge, magnificent and colorful, with many creatures around. “Hello world,” he yelled, “I’m coming to see you.”
Quickly he ran across on his eight tiny legs, when he suddenly saw a big green thing, with dark green patches. This thing was jumping all over, and it had long tongue coming in and out of its mouth. The spider got onto a log of wood and cried in its tiny voice, “Hi, who are you?” The green giant was taken aback to see the spider, “I’m the big bullfrog. What’s a tiny spider like you doing out here?” he asked. The spider said, “I’m out to see the world!” The bullfrog laughed loudly, “Oh you’ll get eaten up. Go back to the web you came from!”
Zide the spider was offended, “Humph!” he said, “I am not like other trap-door spiders, happy to sit in my burrow! I want to see the world!” The bullfrog just laughed and let Zide go.
So he moved ahead, he found a pretty little ladybird sitting under the flowers. Zide and the ladybird were friends. Long long ago he had tried to eat her. But the ladybird told him a funny story, so he had let her go. Today she was most surprised to Zide so far away from home, “What are doing here, Zide?” she asked, “You never leave you burrow!” Zide told her about the fly, who had tempted him to see the big world, the garden.
The ladybird was very kind. She wanted to throw Zide a party. She called all the insects and the arachnids to the party. Only the scorpions were left out, as all the insects and spiders were scared of those. (Now arachnids, I must tell you are eight legged creatures like spiders. They are proud to be different from insects)
The ladybird made Zide promise that he would not eat any of the insects here. Zide was too happy to have a party, so he promised the ladybird every single insect would be safe with him. You should have seen the bugs and insects in the party. How they danced, even Zide flung his eight legs around and danced. He had so much fun.
A little scorpion heard all the noise. He came and watched for a while, and then he saw Zide. “Mmm,” he thought, “A nice fat spider, he’ll make a good meal!” The scorpion called out to Zide, “Hey what are you doing here?” Zide was so happy dancing that he forgot his fear of scorpions.
“I’m out to see the world,” he shouted back.
The scorpion said, “Come with me I’ll show you the world.” The scorpion and Zide the trap-door spider ran on, both had eight feet, so they were quick.
They stopped at the edge of the garden and Zide for the first time in his life saw the fence and the world beyond. It looked strange to him. There were huge vehicles, which he thought were giant bug rushing all over. He was quite scared. If you were a little spider, you too would get scared.
The scorpion thought to himself, "Hee, hee! Now I can eat him!” and so he raised his shard pincers towards Zide. Seeing these our hero said, “Oops gotta run!” and off he was like a shot! The scorpion followed him shouting, “I’ll catch you!”
At last finding his way, Zide ran as fast as he could, the bugs and insects saw him run, “Go Zide go!’ they yelled. The ladybird shouted, “Run kiddo, run!” The bullfrog yelled, “Go back to your burrow fast!
Zide ran and ran. The scorpion was fast. At last Zide’s saw the safety of his house. He rushed in quickly and spun a stronger door, stuck with mud and shut himself in. The scorpion tried his best to get in, but Zide was safe! Finally, he gave up and went away. Zide, sighed with relief.
“That was an adventure!” he said, before he tucked him self to sleep that night. His dreams were about the big-huge world he had seen. Sweet Dreams Zide, the trap-door spider!
Story 1 -In Search of An Adventure
There was once a boy called Looka. He lived in a huge city and for some strange reason he was quite bored of living there. If you asked him why, he would say, “It’s because nothing adventurous happens in a city!” Now if you live in a city you would know that is quite untrue. In a big city, it can be quite an adventure crossing the road. But, our young friend Looka didn’t quite see it that way, he was looking to fight pirates and robbers and nasty gangs. Of course, his parents would never let him stay out for too long so he never met any blackhearted criminals, but Looka was always on the search for them. He would jump into alleys; look around corners in the hope of finding an adventure.
One day as young Looka was walking down a busy street, he saw a strange looking man. He wore a long overcoat, with a black hat that almost covered his face. All that Looka could see on his face was a big, black moustache.
“A villain,” whispered Looka to himself, “Surely this man is up to something really bad! I think I’ll follow him!” So, Looka began shadowing the man, he felt like a real detective. His heart beat faster, he breathed deep. “This will be a great adventure!” Looka told himself.
The mysterious man in the overcoat went quietly through the streets. He did look quite strange; it was a too hot a day to be wearing such a thick overcoat. People on the streets did stare at him, but then in a city people are too busy rushing from one place to another to be bothered about strange looking people. Everyone left him alone, that except Looka, who kept following him.
“He must be an international spy,” thought Looka, “Only international spies wear such overcoats.” He had seen international spies on television and he was sure that this is how they looked!
The man walked on, then he entered a rickety old building, Looka followed him. The stairs of the building looked as if they might just crash, but the strange man rushed up. Looka waited for to go up, and then followed him. A voice went through his head, his mother had told him never to go into strange buildings, “They can be very, very unsafe,” she had told him. But, Looka was in search of his adventure and so he crept up the building slowly, trying not to make a sound!
The building was scary, there were strange sounds going on as Looka was climbing up. It creaked and moaned, Looka was sure that it would break. But the brave boy went ahead. It looked like an abandoned building; there was no one in there.
Looka went up, then he looked around in the corner he saw the evil looking man, so he quickly hid behind a door. The door was rickety; it looked as if it would fall! The man turned around, and suddenly to Looka’s dismay he seemed to look at him. “Who’s there?” the man shouted. “Show your face!”
Looka ran as fast as his he could! The weird stranger ran behind him. The stairs and the wooden floors made a lot of noise. “CRR, CRR, went the floor! “Oh dear! I think the house will break,” shouted Looka. The man behind Looka yelled “Stop!” but the boy was too scared.
They both began racing down the stairs. The house moaned and groaned, “STOP BOY!” Yelled the man; But Looka was not ready to listen to him. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, not stopping even to catch his breath! He could hear the steps of the strange looking man chasing him. “Oh dear,” thought Looka, quite upset with himself, “Why did I ever come looking for adventure?
Just then, the house began to shake and shiver, Looka could hear the floorboards groan, “This is terrible, the house is about to crash!” screeched Looka, but there was no one around to help him!
Creek, went the house, the stairs began to shake and break, “Oh God, Please help me!” yelled Looka. Suddenly he found he began to roll and to his surprise, the strange man that he was shaking fell down ahead of him. It seemed something had hit him on his head and he had fainted. Looka didn’t know what to do, he was relieved that the man could no longer attack him, but he had to save him. With all his strength Looka began to drag him out! It was really difficult, and Looka’s arms ached.
Finally, Looka was on the street, there was a whole load of people gathered there. The fire brigade had come over there, blaring its sirens and one of the firemen saw Looka. He ran towards him, “Come here kiddo,” he said gently, he pulled Looka towards him. A stretcher quickly carried the strange and unconscious man across the road!
Looka was shivering in fear, but the still had to know whom the strange man was. So he crossed the street behind the stretcher. The paramedics put quickly took off his coat, and dark glasses. Looka could hear one of the paramedics whisper, “This is a false mustache, let’s pull it off!” As soon as it was pulled off, Looka cried in astonishmentm, “Oh, man, this is the famous rock singer Gory Goo! What’s he doing here?”
Of course there was a big uproar after the identity was discovered of the strange man. It turned out that Gory Goo the rock singer was here, because this was where he grew up. He did not want to get any of his bodyguards and came alone as he was tired of never being alone. Gory Goo, was very happy that he was saved, Looka received a bravery award, he even got a lifetime of free tickets to any Gory Goo concert, anywhere in the world! With air tickets thrown in, once again all free. Looka was very happy. “I really think I’ll make a great detective!” he told everyone he knew!
One day as young Looka was walking down a busy street, he saw a strange looking man. He wore a long overcoat, with a black hat that almost covered his face. All that Looka could see on his face was a big, black moustache.
“A villain,” whispered Looka to himself, “Surely this man is up to something really bad! I think I’ll follow him!” So, Looka began shadowing the man, he felt like a real detective. His heart beat faster, he breathed deep. “This will be a great adventure!” Looka told himself.
The mysterious man in the overcoat went quietly through the streets. He did look quite strange; it was a too hot a day to be wearing such a thick overcoat. People on the streets did stare at him, but then in a city people are too busy rushing from one place to another to be bothered about strange looking people. Everyone left him alone, that except Looka, who kept following him.
“He must be an international spy,” thought Looka, “Only international spies wear such overcoats.” He had seen international spies on television and he was sure that this is how they looked!
The man walked on, then he entered a rickety old building, Looka followed him. The stairs of the building looked as if they might just crash, but the strange man rushed up. Looka waited for to go up, and then followed him. A voice went through his head, his mother had told him never to go into strange buildings, “They can be very, very unsafe,” she had told him. But, Looka was in search of his adventure and so he crept up the building slowly, trying not to make a sound!
The building was scary, there were strange sounds going on as Looka was climbing up. It creaked and moaned, Looka was sure that it would break. But the brave boy went ahead. It looked like an abandoned building; there was no one in there.
Looka went up, then he looked around in the corner he saw the evil looking man, so he quickly hid behind a door. The door was rickety; it looked as if it would fall! The man turned around, and suddenly to Looka’s dismay he seemed to look at him. “Who’s there?” the man shouted. “Show your face!”
Looka ran as fast as his he could! The weird stranger ran behind him. The stairs and the wooden floors made a lot of noise. “CRR, CRR, went the floor! “Oh dear! I think the house will break,” shouted Looka. The man behind Looka yelled “Stop!” but the boy was too scared.
They both began racing down the stairs. The house moaned and groaned, “STOP BOY!” Yelled the man; But Looka was not ready to listen to him. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, not stopping even to catch his breath! He could hear the steps of the strange looking man chasing him. “Oh dear,” thought Looka, quite upset with himself, “Why did I ever come looking for adventure?
Just then, the house began to shake and shiver, Looka could hear the floorboards groan, “This is terrible, the house is about to crash!” screeched Looka, but there was no one around to help him!
Creek, went the house, the stairs began to shake and break, “Oh God, Please help me!” yelled Looka. Suddenly he found he began to roll and to his surprise, the strange man that he was shaking fell down ahead of him. It seemed something had hit him on his head and he had fainted. Looka didn’t know what to do, he was relieved that the man could no longer attack him, but he had to save him. With all his strength Looka began to drag him out! It was really difficult, and Looka’s arms ached.
Finally, Looka was on the street, there was a whole load of people gathered there. The fire brigade had come over there, blaring its sirens and one of the firemen saw Looka. He ran towards him, “Come here kiddo,” he said gently, he pulled Looka towards him. A stretcher quickly carried the strange and unconscious man across the road!
Looka was shivering in fear, but the still had to know whom the strange man was. So he crossed the street behind the stretcher. The paramedics put quickly took off his coat, and dark glasses. Looka could hear one of the paramedics whisper, “This is a false mustache, let’s pull it off!” As soon as it was pulled off, Looka cried in astonishmentm, “Oh, man, this is the famous rock singer Gory Goo! What’s he doing here?”
Of course there was a big uproar after the identity was discovered of the strange man. It turned out that Gory Goo the rock singer was here, because this was where he grew up. He did not want to get any of his bodyguards and came alone as he was tired of never being alone. Gory Goo, was very happy that he was saved, Looka received a bravery award, he even got a lifetime of free tickets to any Gory Goo concert, anywhere in the world! With air tickets thrown in, once again all free. Looka was very happy. “I really think I’ll make a great detective!” he told everyone he knew!
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