O wind, that sings so loud a song!

Robert Louis Stevenson

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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY

"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly;

"'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy.

The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,

And I have many curious things to show when you are there."

"Oh no, no," said the little fly; "to ask me is in vain,