Our common tales ebook | Page 29

-Aunt-Spider, aunt-Spider!Your mother said you should come home quickly because she is very ill. -I am weaving in the loom, tell my mother and I can‘ t come, she answered. The boy goes back and says to mother that the Spider can‘ t come because she is weaving in the loom. Mother was aggrieved again and cursed her saying: Weave and unweave and never have a cloth! -Go now, my boy, to the Bee, my last-born who is my last hope. The boy goes to the Bee‘ s house and says: -Aunt-Bee, aunt-Bee!Your mother said you should go home, because she is seriously ill and wants to see you. The Bee was kneading in the trough at the time. When she heard her mother‘s wish, from the boy‘s mouth, she leaves the dough and runs home. -My sweet mummy, what‘s wrong? -I ‗m dying, my daughter, she answered.But before I die, I give you a blessing.May your hands be always full of wax so as people to use it to make candles and light them in church, just like they are full of dough now.May your sweet words and your saliva become honey for people to eat. Since then, the tortoise lives with a shell on her back……. The hedgehog with spines on his body…….. the spider weaves her cobweb all the time…….. And the bee makes wax and honey…….