The spider loves work. He begins to work as soon as he begins to live. Every spider is born a weaver. Eventhe youngest spider knows how to weave his web just as well as the oldest.,
The spider never has to go to school to learn his task. So, the little duck can swim as soon as it is hatched. And the little bird can build its nest, and the bee can make the honey-comb, without any teaching.,
God has given these creatures the power to do their work. And that is why they never make any blunders. Not all the weavers and spinners in the world could beat the spider in the work that he does.,
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蜘蛛从来都是不慌不忙的。蜘蛛总是能将每一根线织好,并以此为傲。
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The spider is never in a hurry. He always takes care to make every thread fast. He takes a pride in doing his work well.,
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不同蜘蛛的工作不尽相同,相同的是它们都能做得很好。
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All spiders have not the same kind of work to do. But they all do it in the very best way.,
Some spiders are masons. These build houses, the size of a big thimble. They make doors to them, which they shut when they go in. It is even said that they are able to fasten the door of the house inside, so thatno robber can get in.,
The garden spider lets its threads float in the air till they happen to take hold of plants or branches of trees. It then uses these threads as the roads or bridges by which it crosses from place to place.,
A strange story is told of a spider saving his life by this means. He was put upon the end of a stick which stood a foot or two out of water. He was on a little island in the midst of a little sea.,
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这只蜘蛛打算怎么做呢?它沿着棍子走,走到离水面很近的一端,绕着来回了好几次,但都没有找到出路。
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What did he do? He walked down the stick to the edge of the water. He went round and round it; but he could find no way to get off.,
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然后它走到棍子的顶端,呆呆地一动不动。它好像在跟自己说,完了,我被困在这里呢。我还能怎么办呢?
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He then went once more to the top of the stick, and kept still for a while. He seemed to say to himself, "Well, I am in a nice fix now; what am I to do?",
He soon made up his mind. For he at once began to spin a long thread. He made one end of it fast to the top of the stick; and let the thread float away in the wind till it caught a tree on the shore. He then slid along the line, and got safely to dry land at last!,
What is every spider, when he is born? Who has taught him? What do the mason-spiders build? How does the garden-spider cross from place to place? What did the spider do when he was put on a stick in the water?,