Parlour
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
" 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I have many pretty things to shew when you are there."
"Oh no, no!" said the little fly, "to ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."
- Mary Howitt (1799–1888), published in 1829.
I hadn't actually spotted the spider, nor the potential lunch, when taking the photo.
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