The story is from the Ashanti legend of "Anansi the Spider" and was first told long ago in the West African country now called Ghana.

Once Upon A Time, O Best Beloved, Anansi The Spider, lived in legend, myth and story, teaching the children of West Africa how to walk the webs of life.

Time was, Anansi had six sons.  First son was called See Trouble. Second son was Road Builder. Third son was called River Drinker. Next son was Game Skinner.

You may have noticed that I'm a spider. A very clever spider, if I do say so myself! Usually I want to get something for nothing — unfortunately for me it almost never works out that way.

Here's how you can make your very own Anansi... ... You can make a spider web for me by twisting pipe cleaners together, or by cutting yarn into pieces and tying them together in a web shape.

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback) ... Anansi the Spider is a wise, funny, mischievous, and loveable folk hero who pops up in traditional Ashanti tales from Ghana, in West Africa.

The Ashanti trickster/culture hero, also called 'the Spider'. ... Anansi is sometimes regarded as the creator of the sun and the moon and the stars, as well as the one who instituted the succession

This is Anansi the spider. He’s got eight legs, a big head and a very fat body. Anansi loves eating. ... Anansi the spider has got eight legs, a big head, and a fat body. He's cunning and clever and

Story for young learners ... Match the word and picture by drawing a line between the pairs. ... green blue red pink yellow

Ananse is a fictitious character from Akan oral literature who has both human and spider qualities. His behavior is human but he has the form of a spider and lives in a community of animals.