Secrets Bugs Know

A secret smile unfolding

In the shadows, by the barn

She creates new communication

With her silk as thick as yarn

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But not to save a friend

Or a lost naïve, young pig

She writes to tell the world

Of the crimes the farmer did

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After Wilber and his Charlotte, had quietly passed on

A violent crime spree soon began in that quiet farming town

People started disappearing with no traces left behind

There were No witnesses around or clues of any kind

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Charlotte’s children caught on quickly

That the farmer was a dog

He took the money that he made

From that jolly little hog

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He dug some holes around the lot

Filled them with concrete and some lime

Built a secret little room

Out behind old Wilbur’s sty

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The Sherriff came to call

Following tips he had received

But he never found a thing

Leaving the farmer’s mind relieved

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But when the morning sun arose

The dew lit up, like diamonds in the sky

Telling the tales of the farmer

And how his victims died

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They tore that barnyard up

And were shocked at what they found

A slew of missing people

Buried in shallows all around

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The moral of this story:

If you have secrets you want to save

You’d better treat for spiders

Something proven to work, like Raid