The Spider and The Fly

"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a Spider to a Fly,
"It is the prettiest parlour that ever you did spy,
You've only got to pop your head just inside of the door,
You'll see so many curious things you never saw before,
Will you, will you, will you walk in, pretty Fly? …"

"My fine house is always open." said the Spider to the Fly,

"I'm glad to have the company of all I see go by."

"They go in but don't come down again, I've heard of you before."

"Oh, yes they do, I always let them out at my back door,

Will you, will you, will you walk in, pretty Fly?…"

"Will you grant me one sweet kiss, dear," says the Spider to the Fly,

"To taste your charming lips I've a curiosity." Says the Fly,

"If once our lips did meet, a wager I would lay,

of ten to one you would not after let them come away."

"Will you, will you, will you walk in, pretty Fly? ..."

"For the last time now I ask you, will you walk in, Mister Fly?"
”No! If I do, may I be shot, I'm off now, so good-bye, good-bye, good-bye."
Then up he springs, but both his wings were in the web caught fast;

The Spider laugh'd, "Ah, ah, my boy, I have you safe at last.
Will you, will you, will you walk OUT, pretty Fly? …"
"Tell me, pray, how are you now?" says the Spider to the Fly,

"You fools will never wisdom get unless you dearly buy;

Mostly European nursery rhymes were rather grim compared to Indonesian, especially Eastern Europe, but this one from British and one of my favourites. I like it because it has deep meaning on how we should careful about things that looks appealing, because what we see in the surface may not reflect what’s beneath it.