09-27-2011, 05:04 AM
When I was 4 or 5 at my Granny's, I saw a really big (well, for me) barn spider which scared me as it was so big, but Granny said she didn't kill it because they helped keep bugs away. This caused me to view it in a completely different light.
Unfortunately, I then decided it SHOULD eat bugs so that I was catching grasshoppers, crickets, and the like and throwing them into its web. I remember the spider as getting very excited, like it couldn't believe it's luck, but after awhile it seemed to be like, "Enough already!" Of course given my age my perceptions should be taken with an especially large grain of salt.
I saw myself as being nice to the spider. But years later I felt bad for the bugs I threw to it. :frown:
Unfortunately, I then decided it SHOULD eat bugs so that I was catching grasshoppers, crickets, and the like and throwing them into its web. I remember the spider as getting very excited, like it couldn't believe it's luck, but after awhile it seemed to be like, "Enough already!" Of course given my age my perceptions should be taken with an especially large grain of salt.
I saw myself as being nice to the spider. But years later I felt bad for the bugs I threw to it. :frown: