It was a rainy week ,  the clouds hung above the sky as in ice cubes floating over a glass of water ,sun was slowly setting down and the evening had an added charm. Suddenly it was dark ,the clouds came nearer and cluttered together and shadowed the setting sun and it's rays.

Then very soon the lightning hit and it poured cats and dogs, that rain kind of swallowed her as Jane was returning from shopping market buying groceries for the week.

Jane rushed to her house with her glasses on ,the masks were enough and more for trouble and now the drops ,she was so furious at God.

A soft whisper said ,"Don't be mad at me , I have plans for you, Jane."

Her heart ,seems like it missed a beat. Tomatoes and spinach from the carry bag jumped and landed in the road, she was smiling though but none was seen.

“Day dreaming again, anyways love you God”. Her smile sustained till the doorstep of her house where suddenly her smile faded away just like the beauty of the sunset by the cluttering clouds on seeing her uncle's arrival.

“Hello Jane, how are you?” He inquired

And she threw a mocking smile seeing which her mother chuckled and gave her a thumps up.

After dining without much words,(which was very rare let me tell you),

she rushed  to her room where her whole heaven was .

Opening her laptop, she typed ,Edwin.J a 45 year old who travels round the world in a famous blogging site.

This week's blog was about an island which was confusing though amazing.

THE ENCHANTING ISLAND-Edwin.J

 It's about 3 hours of voyage on the Indian Ocean from the Sri Lankan borders. History has it THE SPIDER ISLAND  

'nemo revertitur insula'

'An island  from where no man returned '.

A nightmare for the wives , children ,family and friends of the voyagers and explorers all over the centuries of mankind existence. 

The island at long site does not have much dissimilarities from a giant spider seen in most English fictional movies except it the color  ,a generous and beautiful touch of pale yellow ,shades of green and brown ,all nature-ly  colors  .The sand that the ocean brought from the land has deposited in such a way that it defines the eight limbs of a giant spider .The trees themselves has grown a gradient from small to large and then back to small from west to east and north to south which reinforce the image of Giant spider .

The white form along with the waves which grew just to  die on the sand of the island on hitting the limbs overall gives out the effect that this spider is racing towards visitors .

Approaching closer one sees a vast land  of pale yellow sand and also perceive sounds of resembling ghungroos .As clutters of  Dysdera crocata  or the WOODLOUSE SPIDERS covering the pale yellow sand  welcomes the visitors

 The whole patch  would take the look of a red carpet on which while keeping foot they gave way.

The sweet  scents of  fruits were filling the air. The paths to the  interior  of the island were obstructed by webs of different kinds funnel  shaped hanging down from the branches  of oak trees as basketball hoops  weaved  beautifully by  TEGENARIA   belonging to the agelenidea family. They have venoms which are potential enough for a grown adults  death .Modern First-aid has this problem solved . Other webs which were found were symmetrical, asymmetrical ,globular  spindle shaped and all the shapes that man has ever found .

Walking a bit more ,one can see a wall made of silk by  Nephilia clavipes whose silk is said to be five times more stronger than steel. Also waterproof . Piercing through after much toil and sharp tools , one see a lowland more clearly, slid down and fell to a lowland . Soon many other spiders and all other organism of the island followed through the hole .The lowland became full of life and none hurt the other. It felt like a tore golden shield around a lowland  but soon the golden 0rb-weaving spiders float in and fixed it with the golden silk and covered it again  .The lowland is the core of the island about the same history has it  "dona exspectat pretiosum" 'expect the precious gifts'...Inside the core there were no conflicts every species seemed to help each other .Even though the sun of the mid noon was enough to burn all of the little spiders down ,inside the core it was perfect amount of heat and chill ,the tiniest Patu digua spiders were actually playing inside .The vegetation outside the core suddenly turned brown. Few leaves from every tree began to fall .

At four in the evening  heavy rainfall hit the  whole island .  It flooded all the sand and trees except of the core owing to the umbrella .One feels like a note inside a bottle thrown and drowned in the sea as outside the shield water flooded and was seen through the golden globe as the top of trees (which were the tallest ones in the whole of the island ) was covered by web through which no drop survived . An umbrella about 12 kilometer in radius and pure golden made of the same silk that surrounded . The wonders of the Golden Orb-Weaving  spiders .

The gift that the core offered was nothing but life .The most precious of gifts that could  be offered to every  organism. The shield saved lives both from the mid noon heat and the evening shower trouble.

After half an hour  the  rainfall ceased ,The weaver itself tore the shield and all the organisms   went out cluster by cluster . The current count would fail as it was much much more  than just 45,828  kinds of spiders .

The vegetation was seen to be more fresh The green shades deepened , in some brightened and the barks  were nourished and strong. Oaks ,sandalwood ,redwood ,mahogany and many others stood fearless in the protection of webs and spiders .The species of spiders found were innumerable  .And this climate of moderate to high intensity sun to flooding rain at the evening and then a chilling post eve times is actually the secret of the strong and flourishing vegetation of the island . History has it that each kind of spider has its own role to fulfill .   Each tree and each paticle of sand is given to each spider to protect .As this is considered to stay even after the whole world is destroyed .The only patch of land which would save every species from extinction.  This island would host the refugees of the world  thrown out from every country when everyone of them cease to exist. And so it was important that no man went out after knowing the  resources the island holds as man would exploit and when end of the world approaches , there would be no way to save even single species. 

From 0.20mm to 20 inches ,   every shade known to mankind. Spiders ruled the islands .Widow spiders- black ,red and brown belonging to Lactrodectus familia, wolf spiders -Lycosidae ,Grass Cross Spider – Argiope catenulata ,Western Black Widow Spider – Latrodectus hesperus, Mexican Pink Tarantula – Brachypelma klaasi    many other unknown to mankind.

Poisonous ones like Brown Recluse Spider- Loxosceles reclusa ,Brazilian Wandering Spiders- Phoneutria fera , Yellow sac spider- Cheiracanthium inclusum and the widow spiders kept the distance until they were disturbed .There were no snakes or other creatures that would pose a threat to the spiders and islands where spiders are the kingly species.

The only challenge for an inhabitant is he himself ,in particular  his greed .If a person is driven by greed would be destroyed in seconds. History defines greed as  "tantum hostium"    the only enemy in this island .

 It is even after years of research (from outside the island)  there are many proposals but not yet  a fully convincing one  ,the mystery remains about the food chain and stability of the island.

The blue shades of the ocean the waves, the green, the sweet  fruits  and the colorful spiders the peace ,the voices of nature  and the voices  of  species of clutter  of  the spiders which vary accordingly , the beauty ,Serenity and solitude  that the island holds  can lure any one to stay  .

As the night fell ,a strange  scary  voice began to amplify its intensity and the whole island turned dark and the fear crawled in the minds  .Suddenly it lit .A vibrant green glow lightened up the whole area .It was by thousands of spiders of the extinct species of   Lagonomegopidae. There was only 2 specimens  of the species found about 110 years old in South Korea.

Extinct we believed .

And under  the vibrant glow of light a bottle was found inside of  which was  a note which said ,
" No man would ever return 'cause  the beauty of island ,the solitude ,the protection and peace it offers is enchanting. Funny how you can find a kind of company with  spiders that no other man can offer 
paving way to  yourself, you would seek no other".