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Winter is Coming

     The old spider awoke to a chilly wind blowing on her back,"W-w-wint-t-ter is c-c-coming!", Wind told her in his eerie tone. Spider heard him and rose from her slumber.
   She stretched her legs, o-one, two-o, thre-ee, fo-our, fi-ive, six, se-even.........eight!"Ah,",she sighed, "now to work I go." She scurried to her web and waited for her first visitor.
    Dragonfly came SPLAT into her web. "Winter is coming, my dear. Don't be ashamed to fear, 'cause all of us do, when Winter is coming near." The Spider said as she began to untangle the little Dragonfly. "Gather your food so you won't starve, and a shelter in the world you'll carve. For Winter is coming near. As the trees shake and their limbs bend, 'Winter is coming!' Wind said. Now go tell all your friends, that Winter is coming near!"
   Dragonfly ,now untangled, flew away in laughter, "Silly Spider! Winter is not coming!" Spider ,shaking her head at the ignorance of the young Dragonfly, went back to her work of telling the passers by of Winter's coming. But they all said the same as the Dragonfly; "Silly Spider!"

     The next morning Spider awoke to Winter's cold breath on her back, "Winter!" she said in surprise, "Yes?" Winter sneered through icy fangs. "Well,", Spider began, her voice quivering, "what are you doing here!? Not even I am ready for your arrival!" 
   "The Wind told me you were having trouble telling your friends I'm coming. So I decided I'd leave a little message they'll have to believe. Do you agree?" Winter said, shoving his face into Spider's, and  smiling as warmly as his face allowed. "Why what a great idea!", said Spider,"You can leave it in my web!"
   So Winter wrote "Winter is coming near" with an icey claw, and left for another week. The insects saw his note and began storing food and building shelters, immedeately. And when Winter did come all the bugs were snug in their homes; including Spider.

WINTER IS HERE