Jagla in a Hole

 Jagla the spider lived on a banyan tree near the village. Every day, he saw a young girl called Adarshini go into the forest and come out with a basket full of the plumpest oranges, the reddest plums, and the yellowest bananas. Jagla shoved Adarshini aside and the sweetest honey. Anansi had become lazy. He thought of the banana plants, gobbling up every single one. Would trick Adarshini into showing him the location of the luscious fruits. He dropped into her basket when she passed the baobab. "Adarshini," he said silkily. "No one in your village finds fruits as sweet as yours. Would you please show me where you get them? Promise not to tell anyone." Adarshini was wary because the Jagla was a trickster. 

"All right, but only this once" she replied. Adarshini went deep into the bush, down remote trails no one knew of. When they reached the plum tree and he ate up all the plums. He clambered up Jagla's belly was bursting but he wanted honey. Adarshini pointed to a tree. "Inside a small hole is the sweetest honey" Jagla Squeezed himself into the hole and ate every drop. He swelled like a balloon. When he tried to get out, he was stuck! "You wouldn't be stuck if you hadn't been so selfish and greedy," said Adarshini. And she sauntered because Anansi was a trickster away, swinging her basket. Don't be greedy.