Spiders that I like

After having described how I hate spiders and how I'm afraid of these fairy creatures I would like to present you three spiders that I really like. Two of them are related to my childhood. They aren't real spiders. The first is a toy that I used to play when I was a child. I had more than one of that toys because they used to break easily. It was a big spider made of black rubber with a piece of fur on its back. There was a kind of thin rope with a pump on its end. After squeezed the pump the spider jumped and it took a lot of fun! It could be bought at stalls during the parish festivals where there were a lot of toys, balloons, sweets and other things. Do you remember this kind of toy? Have you ever had something like this?

The second friendly spider is a character from a short cartoon called Spider in the Bath. When I was young it was on Polish tv in the programme called Wieczorynka which can be translated in English as Evening cartoon. In every short episode a boy saw the spider in the bathroom or in another place and he was afraid of it and wanted to get rid of it but the creature was always sly and hid somewhere so the boy couldn't eliminate it. The short story was always told by a song. I remember that after seeing it for the first time I couldn't stop singing the chorus of the song. When I was searching it on internet I found only English version and I couldn't find the Polish one and it made me sad because I no longer remember the lyrics of the entire Polish song. This cartoon was one of my favourite while my friends hated it. And do you remember it? Now when I'm asking my friends about the Spider in the Bath nobody remembers it. Here you can see and listen to the English version:

The third spider that I like very much is situated in the lyrics of one of my favourite Brian Eno's songs called Spider and I. He is my favourite musician. I have already written a post about him and his music so I don't want to develop this topic here. I like the song because it is very peaceful and relaxing. I like it also for the lyrics. When I'm listening to it I imagine myself watching the sky with a spider and in some way it makes me feel that these eight legged creatures aren't so dangerous and I wouldn't be so much afraid of them. It is a slow song, perfect to listen to before falling asleep...