A Short Story with Free Coloring Pages
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Being a spider isn’t easy. Trust me. But don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. Being a spider can be fun. We spiders like going places. I like hanging out in an exciting room. A little human called Tommy lives there.
Well… I call him little… He’s big, of course. He’s still not as big as some humans you can see stomping around and destroying my cobwebs. I don’t know why they do that.
Once I heard a human walking straight into one of my masterpieces saying, “Yuck, that’s sticky!”
What did he expect? A slippery cobweb? Silly humans! One has to catch flies in them, you know. There haven’t been any supermarkets with flies in this neighborhood since Mrs. Black Widow moved house. Her supermarket was so nice! She used to sell chubby and tasty flies for a decent price. I loved especially those in tomato sauce. But that’s a different story. Let’s go back to this little human. Well, little… You know what I mean. Back to this little human named Tommy. Tommy the young human.
Every Thursday, Tommy goes to his violin class. He puts his violin into a fancy case, and off he goes. Every single week. When the little human isn’t at home, I often visit his room. That way nobody disturbs me and I can go on with my spider business. Tommy has a lot of toys. There are nice shelves and I like hanging on them using my web. I like swaying in the breeze.
It was Thursday again, Tommy started packing his violin, and I was planning to visit his room. I asked my pal Gus to come with me.
“Hey, Gus! Let’s go to the little human’s room,” I told him.
He twitched his whiskers, and said, “Only if there are no cats.”
I forgot to mention my pal Gus was a mouse.
“There’s not even a single tiny kitten,” I assured him.
“You said that last time,” Gus reminded me of our trip to the blackberry bush. “The huge cat almost ate me!”
“But I solved the situation,” I reminded Gus.
“Yeah, but it was a close one,” Gus said.
That day, I made a cobweb on the cat’s head. The cat tried to remove it with her paws. She wasn’t very successful. I make some good cobwebs, you know. As the cat was trying to clean herself, we managed to escape. Humans aren’t the only silly creatures. Cats are too. At least I can protect my mouse friend. It’s always good to have a spider around. Remember that.
And so we visited Tommy’s room.
My pal Gus looked around, his whiskers twitching with excitement.
“Wow!” he said. “Look at all these toys!”
The first thing that caught his attention were tubes of paint scattered on the floor. Tommy was a bit messy. Gus took a big paintbrush and started making a picture.
“What are you painting?” I asked.
“It’s going to be a piece of cheese,” Gus told me.
Then I saw a lovely-looking chunk of cheese with big holes.
“It’s a shame Mrs. Black Widow moved house,” I said. “She used to sell pickled flies. They were delicious!”
“Yeah, I liked going to her store,” Gus agreed. “I always had a nice chat with her.”
He was soon finished with his artwork and pointed toward a toy car. “Why don’t we go for a ride?”
“Why not?” I said. “It’s a great idea!”
Gus was at the steering wheel and I seated myself next to him. Tommy the little human had a lot of balls in his room. They were many different sizes and colors. On our car trip, we sped past all of them.
“It’s as if we were out in space and driving around the planets,” Gus said when he saw all the balls around.
“You’re right,” I told him. “And there’s a planet with a great palace!”
“Where?”
“Over there!” I pointed to a palace made of Tommy’s building blocks.
We parked the car and rushed over to explore it.
Gus tested one of the building blocks with his teeth.
“It’s not good at all,” he said. “It tastes like wood.”
We looked around the magnificent palace.
“Maybe this palace was built by aliens,” I suggested.
“Like those?” Gus looked toward Tommy’s collection of plush animals.
We went to see them. I enjoyed hanging from one of the bunny’s long ears. It was fun! There was a teddy bear and an elephant. They were all happy to see us. I’m sure they were. All of them had shiny button eyes and were soft and very pleasant to touch.
Suddenly Gus squeaked out, “A snake!”
I could see the snake’s fierce button eyes and his frightening ribbon tongue. Luckily, some toy soldiers were standing on a bookshelf. They were guarding an encyclopedia about dinosaurs. And so we borrowed wooden swords from them and started bravely fighting the terrible plush serpent.
Then we heard footsteps. It was Tommy! He had returned from his violin class! We quickly ran away so that Tommy wouldn’t see us. I wonder what he thought about the cheese picture Gus had painted. I hope he liked it.
So that was our adventure in Tommy’s room. We had a great time! Together with Gus, we have made some coloring pages for you. You can download them here.
Happy coloring!
