Are you ready to hear a story?

This one is a lovely rhyme about a friendly spider who forgot to eat his dinner.

The Yellow Checkered Spider Written by Natalia Schukina and illustrated by Olga Baby.

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The sun was setting and the sky was red.

The yellow-checkered spider prepared to go to bed.

The lavender fields were in full bloom.

Gently their fragrance saluted the light of the moon.

The yellow-checkered spider lived in a big shed, which stood on a hill with a beautiful

view, the best accommodation on St. Germain Avenue.

The yellow-checkered spider was all for routine.

He washed his spiny legs at exactly 9.15.

His most prized possession hung on a golden thread, was a tiny fang sharpener made of pure

lead.

He blew out his lamp and climbed into bed.

Pulled up the blanket to cover his head, closed all his eight eyes and said good night

to the beaming star on his far right.

But all through the night he tossed and he turned, Boris tummy was rumbling for something

it yearned.

Oh goodness, he exclaimed, I've committed a terrible crime.

I've forgotten to eat my dinner at dinner time.

So he lit back his lamp and thought of a plan.

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