Once upon a time there was a woman and she had two children: a
boy and a girl. They set out for the world to earn their living. The
boy became an apprentice at a cloth weaver and the girl carried
stons for a waller. When she felt her end was near the mother called
her children by her side. The girl came
immediately but the boy
didn't want to. His mother forgave him but, after her death, the
girl turned into a bee and the boy into a spider. The spider has
lived alone ever since, without any brothers or sisters, without
parents. He hides from light and forever weaves his web in dark
corners. He is sad and people always tear his web and kill him.
Where as the bee is happy all day long, flying from flower to flower
and lives with her huge family, brothers and sisters together in a
hive. Everybody loves her because she is industrions and her honey
is sweet and healing and we all benefit from her work.
