The Story of Arachne

More old poetry!

There once was a girl named Arachne

Who lived in the country of Greece

Who loved to spend the day

Weaving sweaters and blankets of fleece.

 

The girls and boys all teased her

And she didn't have many friends

So she wove all morning and all night

Weaving and weaving without end

 

One day a boy with Fuh Lye as his name

Teased her until she cried

"I can weave better than anyone," said she

"So take that you stupid Fuh Lye!"

 

But poor Arachne's luck was not best

And a figure approached her door

It was the mighty Athena

The goddess of wisdom and war

 

"So, young child, you actually think

That you can weave better than I?"

And so Arachne had to compete

All because of that stupid Fuh Lye

 

The competition started and the weavers began

Athena's power against Arachne

People gathered, brought their kids

Because everyong wanted to see

 

Arachne began, and oh did she weave

Like nothing ever before

But Athena was just a quick,

Her weaving made eyes sore

 

Although Arachne's weaving was a fair match

Athena still held her grudge

So she scoffed at the weaving

And declared herself the judge

 

Athena had won and Arachne would pay

For making such a silly claim

So Athena transformed Arachne

Into the creature that shares her name

 

And so the first spider came to be

weaving and feasting on flies

Because she still remembers that all this started 

Because of that stupid Fuh Lye 

Author's Note

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Reviews

This is very nice and has a great story. The punctuation and rhyme start off really good, but it dies by the end of the work. The rhyme becomes hard to read and the punctuation gets confusing. Great story though. Thanks