One day, Bella, an extremely rare and beautiful butterfly, was sitting, wings outstretched, on a rather tall and shaky garden fence. The warm sun burned brightly in the midday sky and the wind gently ruffled the leaves on the trees. She began to feel quite thirsty and decided to flutter over to a lovely lavender bush and drink some of its very sweet nectar.

Now in this particular garden, hidden in a rosebush, lived a hairy spider whose name was Sid. He particularly liked butterflies as a lunchtime snack. So he quickly spun a very large cobweb. Then he sat back and waited hungrily. 

Suddenly the sun dipped behind a cloud, the sky darkened and heavy rain burst from the sky. Bella didn’t like the rain; it made her wings tatty and dull. She flew as fast as she could and headed for the shelter of the old apple tree.

Poor Bella didn’t see the cobweb and flew straight into it. Surprised and frightened, she struggled to free herself from the sticky threads. Sid scuttled over eagerly but she was far too quick and, fluttering extremely fast, she flew away to safety. Sid was not a happy spider and stomped away in disgust. Bella was now sitting happily beneath the tree.

Eventually the rain stopped, the sky turned blue and the sun reappeared. It shined on the garden and dried up all the puddles. Bella learnt a valuable lesson that day: ALWAYS LOOK WHERE YOU’RE GOING. If you don’t, you might get eaten by a spider!


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