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The Spider's Thread
The Spider's Thread
On this day, Kandata lifted his head by chance and saw a silver spider’s thread slipping down
toward him from the high heavens. Kandata grasped the thread tightly in his two hands and
began to climb up and up with all his might.
Characters:
-Kandata
-Buddha
-Sinners
Conflict:
Kandata blinked his eyes at them with his big mouth hanging foolishly open in surprise and
terror. How could that slender spider spider’s thread which seemed as if it must break with him
alone, ever support the weight of all those people? If it would break in mid air, even he himself
would have to fall headlong back to Hell.
So Kandata cried out in loud voice. “Hey, you sinners! This thread is mine. Who gave you
permission to come up it? Get down! Get down!”\
Theme:
-ESCAPE
-DEATH
-GOOD VERSUS EVIL
Settings:
-Paradise
-bottom of Hell
-deep forest