Today has been awful and rainy and altogether too wet. In that spirit, I present to you a classic children’s tale, updated for modern times…
The Eensy-Weensy Spider
by Rob Wynne (autographedcat) and Dina Hess (onmeadmountain)
The eensy-weensy spider went up the waterspout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain….
No, wait. The sun, seeing how hopeless the task was, just went right back in again.
Meanwhile, the eensy-weensy spider, suddenly in possession of a great deal of marshland, parceled it all up and sold it, making a fortune on securitized credit swap derivatives before the bottom of the market fell out, and retired to Aruba where he would no longer have to put up with this nonsense.
The End
museinred
This is very amusing. But who knew when I threw him out the back door that he was such a creative business spider?
thnidu
The hyperactive spider
Went up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and ….
metalsaurus
I will expect a full recording of this and other life-lesson children’s songs ASAP.