SYNTHESIS ANIMALS AND OTHER THINGS | Page 4

"I have completed my web,"it roared, "you may commence your hopping" I, scared but still quite bored climbed up the tree and unto the web I tested one foot then another and began to balance my fatty lumber I started with one hop then two, then three I started bouncing on the spider web filled with glee I was bouncing so high I hardly noticed my new friend the spider who had mysteriously made its way to the web on the beach, by the ebb licking its ferocious jaws and sharpening its eight skinny claws and with one final leap, into the web I fell so graciously It greeted me with open arms, eight skinny arms that spun and stuck and turned me round with endless spinning then stopped and let me look into the face only slightly grinning. 3