S8 



Language Through Nature 



Lesson 50 



ARACHNE 



IN a far country called Greece there once lived a 

 beautiful maiden named Arachne. She could 

 spin and weave so wonderfully that people came 

 from far and near to see her work. So fine was the 

 yarn that she spun and so beautiful 

 the colors and designs of her weav- 

 ing that people said, "It must be 

 that Athena, queen of the air, has 

 taught this maiden." 



But Arachne had grown proud 

 of her skill and wished to take all 

 the praise for herself, so she 

 answered, ' ' No one taught 

 me; I taught myself, 

 and no one else 

 in the wide world 

 can spin or weave 

 so well as I." 



When Athena 

 heard this 

 boast she came 



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"There was a happy spider spinning 



