Itsy Bitsy Spider (Nursery Rhyme)

Summary


The Itsy Bitsy Spider nursery rhyme follows a plucky little spider who refuses to give up, no matter what knocks her down. Across five playful verses, she climbs a waterspout, a kitchen wall, a garden fence, a chimney top, and a towering oak tree — only to be swept away by rain, fans, smoke, breezes, and slippery bark. Each time, something shifts — the sun appears, the wind clears the air, the moon lights the night — and the determined spider climbs right back up again.


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The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the kitchen wall.
Down came the fan and made the spider fall.
Out came the fan, no longer did it blow,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the wall to go.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the garden fence.
Along came a breeze and sent him flying hence.
Out came the sun and shone so warm and bright,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up with all his might.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the chimney top.
Down came the smoke, and made the spider stop.
Out came the wind and blew it all away,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up again one day.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the big oak tree.
She slipped on the bark and fell down to her knee.
Out came the moon and lit up all the night,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up to see the light.


Credits

Ririro is the in-house creative team behind many of the original and adapted works published on Ririro.com, crafting free stories and poems for readers everywhere. This extended version of the beloved rhyme expands the classic single verse into five imaginative scenes, giving the spider new obstacles and new landscapes to conquer with every stanza.