Once upon a time there was a spider that lived on its web in the forest. The spider loved the lush vegetation of the forest and felt happy to live in it. The spider loved to see how the dew perched on his web in the morning and how the rays of the dawn sun pierced his web and turned it into a rainbow of colors.
The beauty of the light fascinated the spider and that was the first thing that the spider thanked each morning for waking up at dawn. One day, near his home, another spider was installed, which had difficulties in weaving his spider web. Therefore, our protagonist approached him and asked him:
- Can I help you build your spider web? I live in a beautiful, just the one next door and I have been beautiful. I can help you make yours the same.
The other chandelier was delighted and thanked him with his heart for his help because thanks to her, the other spider had since then a beautiful and well-constructed spider web where to live.
Our helpful spider went down to the ground, where he walked a few steps to feel his feet on the ground and breathe in the smell of moist earth. However, after having walked a few steps, a bird stalked her to eat her. Then, the bird said to the spider:
- I am not going to eat you because I have seen how you helped the other spider to weave her cloth and we must not destroy those who help, but not to impel them in their work. Therefore, I will let you follow your path.
-Thanks, bird- said the spider, when he overcame the fright.
The spider felt that he had been reborn and that he should continue to devote his life to the singing of the heart and follow his impulses. That is why she always listened to her heart and tried to pay attention to her intuition. In this way, she never felt lost but rather according to her destiny.
The spider went on its way and found flowers so beautiful that it stopped to contemplate. Its fragrance was dreamlike and captivated the spider immediately.
-What beautiful flowers and how good they smell! cried the spider. Being with them seems like a dream.
Behind those flowers was a fairy who was aware of the altruistic character of the spider and said:
-Hello spider! I am the Flower Fairy. Tell me, if you could make a wish, what would you ask for?
"My wish is in the now, " said the spider, "in each now of my life." Therefore, my greatest wish is now and I am already satisfying seeing you, beautiful fairy, what else can I want? Seeing you is a blessing.
The fairy left flattered and surprised by the response of this lovely insect from whose heart emanated such beautiful words.
The spider said goodbye to the flowers and left for its spider web. Before arriving, the spider found a dung beetle that was pushing a ball of dirt and as the beetle looked tired, the spider helped him roll the ball. Finally, the spider went on its way until he got home where he slept peacefully on his spider web.
At night, he dreamed of the beauty of the Flower Fairy and the flowers he had seen the day before. In that dream, the Flower Fairy told him that he granted her a wish even without having tried the spider to come true.
-I will reward you for being such a generous and affectionate spider. I will grant you the wish that you can live in the flowers that you found yesterday in your path and I will also transfer you to the Fairy Kingdom so that the flowers are not perishable and so you can enjoy their fragrance and beauty every day of your life - said the fairy.
"I can't believe it, dear fairy, " said the spider. I repeat it again, fairy: seeing you is a blessing.
And that's how the spider went to live in the Fairy Kingdom and wove its spider web on those beautiful flowers that would forever become their new home.
Author text and illustrations: María Jesús Verdú Sacases
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