The Silkworm and Spider

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The Silkworm and Spider
        Having received an order for twenty yards of silk from Princess
        Lioness, the Silkworm sat down at her loom and worked away with
        zeal. A Spider soon came around and asked to hire a web-room near
        by. The Silkworm acceded, and the Spider commenced her task and worked
        so rapidly that in a short time the web was finished. "Just look at
        it," she said, "and see how grand and delicate it is. You cannot but
        acknowledge that I'm a much better worker than you. See how quickly
        I perform my labors." "Yes," answered the Silkworm, "but hush up,
        for you bother me. Your labors are designed only as base traps, and
        are destroyed whenever they are seen, and brushed away as useless
        dirt; while mine are stored away, as ornaments of Royalty."
       
        "True art is thoughtful, delights and endures."