Inca Legend
The Spider Princess
This is a story about the Inca Princess. Instead of doing her royal duties, she was carried away by her cruelty and ignorance. For her behaviour, she was punished and turned into an eternally working spider.
Once upon a time there was a great animal kingdom. It spread over a huge area and many thousands of animals lived there. As in any proper kingdom, it was ruled over by a king. And as everyone knows, the king of all animals is the mighty
He made fun of him so much and often that one day, a fox who had been trying to win the king’s favour for a long time, decided to tell on him. “Have you heard about the bunny who’s always making fun of you?” the fox asked the lion. “How dare he?!” exclaimed the angry and humiliated king. He roared a huge, loud roar to demonstrate his strength and
The king asked all his advisers what punishment they would impose for an offender who had brazenly mocked their ruler. The first to speak up was the
The bear disagreed with the
One by one, all the animals that the lion king had invited to advise him took turns to help him determine an appropriate punishment for the bunny.
As he listened to them, the lion looked at the poor bunny, who was…