När jag höll på och förbereda mig för fotokvällen på Abecita nästa torsdag, blev jag så glad över att jag, oväntat, lyckades identifiera ett par mysiga spindlar som jag fotade i Ecuador. De här två nämligen:
Och vet ni vad de heter? Gissar att ni inte. Jo, det är en Amazon Thorn Spider och en Pinktoe Tarantula. Jag menar, bara en sån sak.
Spindelspåret förde vidare i associationerna till Universitetet i Lund 1971-74. Där hade jag en engelsk lektor som älskade att sjunga den här låten, i vilken det förekommer en spindel, på diverse parties och andra festliga tillfällen som hon var med på.
Här är texten:
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that to swallow a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog;
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse…
She’s dead, of course!
P.S. Ni vet väl att spindlar alltid har 8 ben, insekter bara 6. D.S.
