Spider

By Ed Merwede

This book is dedicated to all the people out there who hate spiders being anywhere near them and who cant stand the thought of them crawling on them. They know nothing of the types of spiders or what their bite might do to them, and therefore, they think all are deadly!

Not all spiders are deadly, but when you believe they are descendants of the spider family and you meet people as described in this book, they are the most dangerous in the world. They can inhabit any neighborhoodhopefully not yours. But then again, who knows?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781984550224

Ed Merwede

ED MERWEDE, also the author of “DONE!” started his career with Yale University Press. After eleven years as plant superintendent, he went on to manage three other printing companies before starting his own business with his wife, Ellen. That business, PrintAbility, operated for fourteen successful years, before the couple retired to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In the late 1990s, the author was diagnosed with syringomyelia, caused by a very severe crash while serving on a US Naval Air Station. Ed is listed as 100 percent disabled with the Veterans Affairs Office. His wife of thirty-five years, Ellen, died in November of 2014. He is now living in an assisted living facility on Cape Cod.

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Copyright © 2018 by Ed Merwede.

Library of Congress Control Number:              2018910250

ISBN:                  Hardcover                     978-1-9845-5025-5

                            Softcover                       978-1-9845-5024-8

                            eBook                            978-1-9845-5022-4

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Rev. date: 08/28/2018

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CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

This book is dedicated to all of you out there who hate spiders being anywhere near them and who can’t stand the thought of them crawling on them. They know nothing of the types of spiders or what their bite might do to them, and therefore, they think all are deadly! Not all spiders are deadly, but when you meet people as described in this book and believe they are a descendants of the spider family, they are the most dangerous in the world. They can inhabit any neighborhood—hopefully not yours—but then again, who knows.

Spiders are carnivorous. Depending on the size of the spider, it will eat small vertebrates, like mice and small birds. The spider seems to be three to four hundred million years old. They are found everywhere except the North or South Pole. Where do you live? The spider says to the fly, Step into my web. We’ll talk.

CHAPTER ONE

Eric Walton seemed to be as normal as any other kid growing up. He had many friends and did well all the way through high school. When he graduated, he was accepted at several colleges.

Without anyone knowing, he had become fixated on spiders. He would go places to watch them for hours. His friends seemed to drift away at that time because he never seemed to want to join in on any of their parties or just spend any time with them.

On one of his visits to an old barn, he tried to make contact with one of the larger spiders that he noticed had a large web far in the corner of the barn. He pulled a barrel over and sat very close to the large web. He had no idea where the spider was. He thought it would be clever not to make an appearance unless necessary. He thought to himself, Who has more patience, me or the spider? He wondered if the spider even knew he was there. There’s one way to find out, he thought. He wanted to touch the web and see what would happen. He was especially curious