The Doll's Storybook: Little Miss Crocker and the Spider

Friday, June 22, 2018

Little Miss Crocker and the Spider

Little Miss Crocker

Sat in her rocker,

Eating her cottage cheese.

Along came a spider....

And sat down beside her,

And surprised the young maid with a sneeze.

"Bless you!" said the little girl.

"Thank you," said the spider. "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

"Because I know that you eat bugs like mosquitos, flies and moths," was her reply. "And I know you aren't poisonous, because that book you're sitting on has pictures of the spiders that are poisonous."

Little Miss Crocker showed the spider the pictures in the book.

The spider sneezed again.

"Do you have a cold?" the little girl wanted to know.

"No," said the spider. "Allergies."

"Well, what are you allergic to?" she asked.

"Little girls," answered the spider.

"I'm sorry," said the little girl. "Why did you come up to me if you're allergic to little girls?"

"I thought you would run away," said the spider, hopping to a safe distance on the other chair.

Little Miss Crocker sat back in her rocker

To finish her cottage cheese,

While watching the spider

Climb the post close beside her....

To start a new web with a sneeze.

Cast:

Little Miss Crocker--Götz Happy Kidz "Lena in Aspen"

The Spider--Herself or himself...we're not sure.

Note: This is a rerun of our very first story from The Doll's Storybook. It appeared on June 22, 2018. The complete list of stories so far may be found here. Physical books with some of these stories are available wherever books are sold.

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