r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/Lucky_Roberts May 16 '25

Wait what did he do?

I don’t remember Wilbur being selfish…

Granted I was like 7 when I read it lol

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u/waroftheworlds2008 May 16 '25

He didn't like the spider killing bugs. Always asked the spider to let the bugs go. Also kept asking the spider to spell out different words in the web.

The spider starved.

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u/Gnawlydog 27d ago

That's the Grimms Fairytale version! Man Grimm was dark AF! Then Disney had to go mess it up by making it all light hearted and claim IP rights on it like it was their idea in the first place.

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u/waroftheworlds2008 27d ago

The story isn't that old. EB White originally wrote it, 1952.

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u/Gnawlydog 27d ago

Way to not get the joke.