And along came a spider...  Why it was there, and where it came from, I don't know.  I sat on the sidewalk and looked at it for a long time, and I wondered if it knew I was looking at it.  I asked myself if the spider was male or female, and I couldn't say with any certainty, but I though it's audacity was definitely female, no offense meant, ladies.  Perhaps audacity isn't the correct word.  The spider looked as if it was in the place it had chosen, and it wasn't going to be intimated... It was clear that it was going to stay exactly where it was until it decided to make a move, and my staring at it, even up close, wasn't going to change anything.