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The Goblin Spider
Dedicated to Teddy from San Antonio in Texas.
Adapted (slightly) by Bertie.
Read by Richard.
Proofed and audio edited by Jana Elizabeth.
A Spooky Story From Japan
Hello, this is Richard. And I'm here with a creepy crawly tale from Japan.
Several ancient books tell tales of the goblin-spiders that used to live in Japan. This is one of those stories. It is a little creepy, so if you really don’t like spiders, or scary stories, perhaps this tale is not for you!
Some people say that there are even goblin-spiders around today though they are very rare. During the daytime they look just like common spiders; but very late at night, when everybody is asleep, and there is no sound, they become very, very big, and do awful things.
There was once, in some lonely part of the country, a haunted temple. No one could live in the building because of the goblins that had taken it over. Many brave samurai soldiers went to the temple after taking an oath to fight and kill the goblins. But they were never heard of again.
At last one particular samurai, who was especially famous for his courage went to the temple to watch what happened during the night. Before he went inside, he said to his companions, "If in the morning I am still alive, you shall hear me beat upon the drum of the temple."
Then they left him alone, to watch by the light of a lamp.
As the night came down, he crouched under the altar, which supported a dusty image of Buddha. He saw nothing strange and heard no sound till after midnight. Then there came a goblin, with half a body and one eye. It called out: "Hitokusai!" which means - “There is the smell of a man”.
But the samurai did not move. The goblin went away.
Then there came a priest who played upon a samisen, which is like a guitar with three strings. He played so wonderfully that the samurai felt sure this music was not made by a human being.
“For sure the goblin-spider has taken on the shape of a priest to trick me,” he said to himself.
And he leapt up with his sword drawn. The priest, seeing him, burst out laughing, and said: "So you thought I was a goblin? Oh no! I am only the priest of this temple; but I have to play to keep off the goblins. Does not this samisen sound well? Please play a little."
And he offered the instrument to the samurai who grasped it very cautiously with his left hand. A moment later, the samisen changed into a monstrous spider web, the priest became a goblin, and the warrior found himself caught fast in the web by the left hand. He struggled bravely, and struck at the spider with his sword, and eventually wounded it; but he soon became entangled still more in the net, and could not move.
The wounded spider crawled away, and the sun rose.
His friends were waiting for the beat of the temple drum. Eventually they went into the temple, not expecting to find good news.
Inside they discovered the samurai in the horrible web, hurt, but alive, and they freed him. Then they saw tracks of blood upon the floor, and followed the tracks out of the temple to a hole in the deserted garden. There they found a garden spider and killed it.
But the goblin-spider was never seen or heard of again.
And that was The Goblin Spider.
And we are delighted to dedicate this story to Teddy who likes stories that are a little bit, spooky. Teddy we really hope this did the trick for you. Thank you to Teddy's family for supporting us.
His Dad, Chris tells us, "We have listened to Storynory for the last 6 months or so. We listen to at least one story every night at bed time. It’s always exciting when a new story is released."
For now, from me Richard, at Storynory.com, goodbye!
Read 222 comments below:
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samisen: there is a similar instrument called a sitar in India. Never heard of a samisen, though. Thanks!
(I love your stories, BTW. Your English is pretty swell.)
Isha — February 3, 2018
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I saw one of the stories on my PARCC assesment and that’s how I came here! Thank you so much!
Amira Kakaharoff — February 3, 2018
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Hi great story
Eva — February 3, 2018
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Great story lads
Anonymous — February 3, 2018
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Spooky!But nice.
miley — February 3, 2018
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I love the Japanese music
Ryan — February 4, 2018
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What a cool story. I like the fact that it’s from a different place in the world. Thank you!
Kiran — February 4, 2018
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SPOOKY!
Poppy — February 4, 2018
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Nice
Yo Mamma — February 4, 2018
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I think The goblin spider was a garden spider which the Samurai killed.
Some person who really likes your stories — February 4, 2018
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To scary
Sophia — February 4, 2018
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BEST STORY EVER!!!!!!!!
CAYLA — February 5, 2018
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loved this story it was a little spooky or say creepy!!
Areej Malik — February 5, 2018
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The story is amazing！I like it very much.
Fiona — February 5, 2018
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I love this story!!!!!
make a nother story!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!Malaki — February 5, 2018
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Good, Scary Story That I Enjoyed (:
Sam — February 5, 2018
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i like it because its spooky
samantha — February 5, 2018
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l´m scared
jaedis — February 5, 2018
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nice story
🙂
billy bob — February 5, 2018
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this was a great story.
cyrus — February 5, 2018
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Like the creepyness
dante — February 5, 2018
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Love the creepiness
dante — February 5, 2018
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cool
Anonymous — February 5, 2018
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so cool
logan — February 5, 2018
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This is a cool and Mysterious story,Maybe you guys should add more stories like this on Storynory this year!!
Alice — February 5, 2018
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Creepy
Baron — February 6, 2018
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I listen to all the new stories but I have to be searching for stories that I like please put them out a little bit faster
Alex — February 6, 2018
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Hi Great story lads.
Thanks!Reza-Iran:tabriz — February 6, 2018
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lovve it
evie — February 6, 2018
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WAY TOO SCARY BUT it’s awsome
Sara Beth Wulff — February 6, 2018
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spooky
jasmine — February 6, 2018
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Creepy!!But its nice.
nolan — February 6, 2018
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Epic story
Carter — February 6, 2018
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its cool as ice
and ice is coolboby — February 6, 2018
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I’m just asking… isn’t there an instrument called a shamisen is Japan? I think I read about it.
Someone — February 6, 2018
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BEST story ever! Word+word=story!love it!
CAYLA — February 7, 2018
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Great, scary, creepy, and spooky story I like it so far.
It is really interesting.
For those who don’t listen to it
I recommended it very high.Mohammad — February 7, 2018
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SPOOKY!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous — February 7, 2018
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bad
Anonymous — February 7, 2018
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bbbaadd
jason — February 7, 2018
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This was a awsome story.can you make a nouther my name is mikaela i am in 4th grade
Mikaela — February 7, 2018
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nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jay — February 7, 2018
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So this story vere good I lave storys japan
Thank you
AmmmMohammed — February 7, 2018
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ummm…… okay?
flamingogirl — February 7, 2018
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i hate reading
jeff — February 7, 2018
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nice
millie — February 7, 2018
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nice
millie bobby brown — February 7, 2018
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hi i am Pablo and i like pickles
pablo — February 7, 2018
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love it its scary but awsome
emma — February 7, 2018
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yes I like
Thamer — February 8, 2018
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Wow! I just want a part 2! Incredibly creeperesting ( creepy and interesting ) 😉
Michael Jordan NAH JUST KIDDING — February 8, 2018
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So good story
William — February 8, 2018
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Spooky!!!!
Abigail — February 8, 2018
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It’s nice! thank you!
Adriana — February 9, 2018
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good job
carle — February 9, 2018
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Great story. I am trying to teach my kids Spanish and French. Would be great to have this book recited in Spanish. Do you have this option?
Kathryn — February 9, 2018
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This story is creepy, I would be scared if I went to the temple.😁😖
Carla — February 9, 2018
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HITOKUSAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody — February 9, 2018
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NICE!!!!
bob37 — February 10, 2018
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love it!
Bob — February 10, 2018
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Ohhh,velry scarly😱👻🕷
Isaac — February 10, 2018
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Hi Jana,
When is the next Birdy story coming out?Thanks, your friend Isha
United States — February 10, 2018
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I love this story as much as I hate spiders. Which is a lot!
Benjamin — February 10, 2018
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hi bertie! i used to listen to storynory all the time when i was little and I’m .coming back. i hate spiders but this was a good story. i love storynory! thank you so much!
amelia — February 11, 2018
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Creepy,cool
boooppopoooopop — February 11, 2018
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Love your stories
Find it very interesting. This was a very nice and spooky story 😍😄Nilasmi — February 11, 2018
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I enjoyed this story!
Gabrielle — February 11, 2018
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Wow, I really love this story! I love Storynory because i think it’s very educational and multicultural.
Person — February 11, 2018
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loved it
daron — February 12, 2018
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it was cool also spooky made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
frederick — February 12, 2018
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great story
Anonymous — February 12, 2018
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great story interesting to hear folk tales !!!!!!! please make another story soon iv been waiting a long time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anonomous — February 13, 2018
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This is sooooo cool! Could I have more?
Eh Hey — February 13, 2018
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I love it because the spider was a goblin and the samurai was nice and helpful to help everyone with the spider-goblin in the temple
Marianna — February 13, 2018
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I LOVED IT
Lol — February 13, 2018
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i like it because i like bugs
jero — February 13, 2018
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i love this
gio — February 13, 2018
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creepy
Abby — February 13, 2018
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That is a weird tale honest
Anonomous — February 13, 2018
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This is a wonderful site thank you so much for this. Great story
Katie — February 13, 2018
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CREEPY AND COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAAME — February 13, 2018
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THIS IS LIKE THE SCARIEST STORY I HAVE EVER READ
JAX — February 13, 2018
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Hi this story was really great the chinese or the japenese music was awesome and it help me in school.
Anoymous — February 13, 2018
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i loved the goblin
monty — February 13, 2018
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ooooo
charles — February 13, 2018
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SCARY
dasche — February 14, 2018
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good
Anonymous — February 14, 2018
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i loved the story
jarrid — February 14, 2018
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like it
jose — February 14, 2018
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that was good
dk — February 14, 2018
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Awesome ! But That Wasn’t Scary .
So Awesome Guy — February 14, 2018
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good story
Anonymous — February 15, 2018
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Is a great story I love it😍
Ambersmittie — February 15, 2018
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i like this story it was so good i think it was a good story i liked the all of it
mikira — February 15, 2018
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Dear Richard,
We are a third grade class and we loved your story! This is our first time on Storynory. We look forward to more stories like this.Parker — February 15, 2018
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his voice is oddly satisfying
Anonymous — February 15, 2018
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Nice bro
Borrego — February 15, 2018
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Spooky but cool
Scott — February 15, 2018
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I LOVE IT
paola — February 15, 2018
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yes, very much i love the story..
Hope — February 15, 2018
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Love it make more Bertie me and my sister Love 💗 it🌈🎆💋😍.
Sophia and Ellen — February 16, 2018
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I 😍
this story!😍 xxxxelegra taylor.b — February 16, 2018
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great
Anonymous — February 17, 2018
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I really liked the book.
CAYLA — February 17, 2018
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Good story like japan
Joe — February 18, 2018
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wasn’t the best story
bob — February 19, 2018
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it honistly wasn’t very good
bobby — February 19, 2018
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That.was.so.AWSOM!
London — February 19, 2018
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Hate it
No one — February 19, 2018
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It was great LOL!😂😂😂
Ava — February 19, 2018
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It’s cool LOL! 💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟
Ava — February 19, 2018
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Awesome Story
Sam — February 19, 2018
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It was very interesting.
Jonis.Orake — February 20, 2018
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I love this story
Anonymous — February 20, 2018
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some book
Aiden — February 20, 2018
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I loved this book👙
Somone — February 20, 2018
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Looooooooooooooooooo
Coooooooooooooooooo — February 20, 2018
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to spooky for. me
Landon — February 20, 2018
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hi everybody to say I don’t know what I think of this story if you like it well cool “_ if you don’t I get you so don’t worry.
sopie — February 20, 2018
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honesty I hate spiders
Anonymous — February 20, 2018
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I love the spooky part of the story thanks for this greatest story ever.
Riley — February 21, 2018
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this is awesom
Anonymous — February 21, 2018
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i liked it
Ian — February 21, 2018
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cool!!!
isabella — February 21, 2018
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I like your story.But I think they are to long.I don’t like long ones.But it’s the best yet!
Alese — February 22, 2018
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I love it so much make more
madina — February 22, 2018
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its so dumb its so annoying
joshua — February 22, 2018
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your the best book writter
madina — February 22, 2018
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cool story
lol doll — February 22, 2018
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I love spooky stories for some reason 😅
Lilly — February 22, 2018
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i like somuch to the story because is a beautiful reading
lizzy — February 22, 2018
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it’s fun.
wolfy — February 22, 2018
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i love this story, like if you could put my fav story on this bad boy i would love it this is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH
Michael K — February 22, 2018
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gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
Anonymous — February 22, 2018
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this story is interesting and scary
abdullah — February 23, 2018
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Y’all, that was a great story. Really enjoyed it! Please come out with more stories like this one!
Bryton — February 23, 2018
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It was scary but fun and cool at the same time .😍😋😏😂😁😘😎😂💕👍✌️👍
Krista — February 26, 2018
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apsaloutly amasing
joshua — February 26, 2018
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Very very swoopy
Joshua — February 26, 2018
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cool
Adrianna — February 26, 2018
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spoooooooky !!!!!!!!!
tulip — February 26, 2018
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GOOD 👌👌👌
n — February 26, 2018
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I love it
Isaac — February 27, 2018
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Amazing
Isaac — February 28, 2018
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it was awsome
michael — February 28, 2018
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This made me more scared of spiders than bees. AND THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING!!!
Kawaii~Chan — February 28, 2018
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really short
nicky — February 28, 2018
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i love it so much
avishal — February 28, 2018
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love it
avishal — February 28, 2018
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the story was very very boring
UNKNOWN — February 28, 2018
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i love this couse it is cool and is fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sam — March 1, 2018
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cooooool😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Cameron — March 1, 2018
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Cool and amazing🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
Cam — March 1, 2018
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i like it
emmanuel — March 1, 2018
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i like this book
emmanuel — March 2, 2018
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i lick this book so much
i'am cool — March 2, 2018
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I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed it
Cooper — March 2, 2018
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I like the story 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😨😱😱😱😱😨😱😱😱😨😨😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Ivy — March 4, 2018
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I like the music in this story 🧠🧠🧠👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👅🧠 SO SKARY AND SPOKE THIS STORY IS SO BAD BOOOOOOOOoOoOOOOoOoOoOoOoOooOoOoOooOoOoOOoOOoOooOoOoOoOoOoOOOoOOoOooOoOoOOoOOoOoOOoOoOoOOoO
Ivy — March 5, 2018
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Good story I hope that storynory can make a part 2
Anonymous — March 5, 2018
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creepy but cool
Anonymous — March 6, 2018
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i loved this story although it gave je nightmares
mark — March 7, 2018
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chinese music
Anonymous — March 7, 2018
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Awesome spider story also i love spiders
Jack — March 7, 2018
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The story is very good but the goblin spider
Anonymous — March 9, 2018
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WoW
brandon — March 9, 2018
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We’ve listened to this story for the past few months. We love it.
JP — March 10, 2018
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good
bana — March 13, 2018
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I love it so much it is so interesting thanks Richard for telling me the story.
P.S I am a girl
Sam — March 13, 2018
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sorry but I give it a thumbs down because its the worst name for the story I mean why not say ” the spider goblin” thing it
hunter — March 14, 2018
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Great I 💖 you sooooo much and do you have a musically channel?
Plz reply I 💖 you StorynoryEva — March 14, 2018
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it was a awesome story and i have watched it a million times and it is the only one i have watched in the whole website and its name sounds so cool and my friend has watched it a million times over and over again and the narrators voice is so cool and the hitokusai part which means there is the smell of a man. It was great
Jeff the chef — March 15, 2018
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It is cool and me and my friend watched it a million times over and over again. I love it so much. I think Richard is so cool.
filingee — March 15, 2018
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boo
Anonymous — March 15, 2018
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THAT is a good book and it’s funny
Joseph — March 16, 2018
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that was very good. It was one of the best stories I’ve here in my life.
thake you for that
by Maitland Jenkins
Maitland Jenkins — March 19, 2018
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i really the story i h8 the part when that guy gets stuck in that stupid web i like the part when the spider gone missing aka killed by a bear or something welp very nice story…
Jay — March 20, 2018
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i love this story and my friend has watched it a million times. My friend’s name is Filingee. We watched it together a million times and it has a very good starting music in the start and the time when the samurai. My friend does not know how to write so he writes gibberish and he is sending you a comment right now and i love Teddy because he is my friend from USA but i live in Australia. I also like this whole website and my friend and i watch it together every night
Nathaniel and Filingee — March 21, 2018
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I love myths and legends like this! Good job my lord teddy
Finlay — March 21, 2018
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It was cool and scary 🙀
Jenny — March 21, 2018
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i love this story and i have watched this particular story a million times and my friend filingee has also watched it
Anonymous — March 21, 2018
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i love this story ans hitokusai!
nathaniel — March 21, 2018
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i absolutely loved this story carry on what u are doing
mystery man? — March 22, 2018
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I LOVE THIS STOY!
luis — March 23, 2018
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it was asom from
Ethan linehan — March 23, 2018
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i enjoyed reading this story.
ali — March 25, 2018
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it was awesome
spider — March 26, 2018
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its a good story
henry' — March 26, 2018
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Love the story
Julian — March 26, 2018
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nice story I love scary story’s and spiders
Sophie — March 28, 2018
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creepy but awsome
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……….*anonymous — March 29, 2018
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it was not scary you cat was better
henry henry — March 29, 2018
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I need to write a story on goblins ,need help 😷
MedeX — March 31, 2018
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spiders rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous — April 3, 2018
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SPOOKAY!
Super girly gaming gamer — April 12, 2018
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this is a cool book!
nasir — April 16, 2018
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i really like this story. Is really interesting and good 😉
amiasia — April 17, 2018
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The story was not good, i really hat then
nick — April 17, 2018
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Good Story. It isn’t scary Though. Bye 😀
. . . . . . . . . — April 18, 2018
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can you try to find the most scariest story you can. I mean that was a good story, but not scary enough for me. But you have a good actor voice.
Noah!!!! — April 18, 2018
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I hate it
james — April 19, 2018
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i loved that story it even made me lahgter alot
lelia — April 24, 2018
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I hate spiders
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*faint*#mescaredofspiders — April 26, 2018
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Cool story make more and kill all the spiders.
Jazz — April 27, 2018
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A bit creepy, but it was interesting .I LUV IT!
Elsa — April 28, 2018
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awesome bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Genesis — May 1, 2018
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no.bad story
john cena — May 1, 2018
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You are so cool thank you for telling me the story you are nice.
Pasha — May 1, 2018
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the goblin spider is epic I’d say you should continue on from this story.
my grade: year three.thanks for putting this book on storynory I read it every day.
Q: a sea monsters favourite food
teddy — May 2, 2018
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cool it’s story I like
adrianl — May 4, 2018
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that story was very good
charlie — May 4, 2018
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soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddd! and stpond
but chik — May 4, 2018
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I think the man shrunk and was in a miniature village. And the spider was just normal spider.
Ei — May 8, 2018
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Nice story bro
Anonymous — May 9, 2018
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SPOOKAY
👻🎃👿👹⚰️Pat — May 10, 2018
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What an awesome story! 😁
Lexi — May 11, 2018
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its awesome and its cool and scary and spooky
limogi matuu — May 15, 2018
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i love the story and its cool and so scary.
limogi matuu — May 15, 2018
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I love the story because it is the best story I have ever heard about. I love the spider saying there is the smell of a man and how he got trapped by the spider and the goblin spider had half a body and one eye and I love the spider saying hitokusai
nathaniel — May 17, 2018
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Asome I loved it 💩😎😍😇😁😬
Anonymous — May 17, 2018
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Aaahhh
Anna — May 21, 2018
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my class is doing a report about our favorite story nory myth and i choose this one with me good luck
Peyton — May 22, 2018
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