Itsy Bitsy Spider

"The Itsy Bitsy spider went up the water spout,

Down came the rain and washed the spider out,

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,

And the Itsy Bitsy spider went up the spout again"

I have sung this song so many times in the last 3 years. But today as I stop and think, I see a deeper meaning here. This rhyme has the same lesson as the story "Bruce and the Spider" Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. He had been defeated by the English six times. After the sixth defeat, Bruce escaped and found a hideout in a cave. Bruce was very disappointed with life. He thought about leaving the country and never coming back.

One day, he watched a spider building a web at the cave's entrance. The spider fell down time after time, but finally he succeeded with his web. So Bruce decided also to go back and fight the English once more, And this time he succeeded!

So also the Itsy Bitsy spider, climbed the spout. Circumstances, in this case rain, pushed Itsy Bitsy back. But Itsy Bitsy didn't give up. It waited till the sun came out. It waited, waited for the right oppurtunity to climb the spout again!!!