BITES – Being scared of spiders

Short & Curly

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Philosophy, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Molly’s just an itsy bitsy cutesy spider, but Carl is freaking out! Lots of people are scared of spiders. In fact, people can be scared of a whole range of things you might find surprising, like a fear of clowns or paper or pancakes. But is that OK?

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0:00.0	Big questions, bite-sized.
0:05.0	Short and curly bites, bites, bites, bites,
0:08.0	bites, bites, short and curly bites.
0:11.0	Big questions, small serving size.
0:15.0	Tea, tea, tea, tea, tea,
0:18.0	making a cup of tea to tea, tea, I love to drink the tea to teet tea. What was that? I thought I saw. No, no, Carl, it was probably nothing. Now back to this tea. Tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea. I love this little tea tea tea. Ah! I swear I just saw... No, there doesn't seem to be anything there.
0:39.3	This tea is gonna be the best tea.
0:41.3	Anyone's ever made...
0:42.3	Ah!
0:43.3	Okay, there's definitely something on the bench near all my tea bags.
0:46.3	Let me just lift up this jar.
0:49.3	Oh, that's a spider! There's a spider!
0:53.3	No, my greatest fear. Help!
0:56.0	Help!
0:57.0	Excuse me, Carl, but why do you feel me?
1:01.0	Because, Spider Molly, you're terrifying.
1:04.0	Me? Terrifying? I'm just a little fluffy guy.
1:09.0	No, you're not. You've got eight spindly legs and those big eyes.
1:14.2	Gross.
1:15.1	Plus lots of spiders can bite and kill you.
1:18.3	I'm not going to bite you, Carl.
1:20.2	I just want to hang out.
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