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Spiderless Funeral

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Etgar Keret
Nov 11, 2025
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Illustration by Ofra Kobliner

Spiders love my wife. Every time they come into our house, she traps them in a plastic cup and sets them free in the yard. The spiders think it’s the best thing ever: scurrying out from under a cup onto some grass, with no clue how they ended up there. For them, every such journey is an exodus, a transformation, a voyage fro…

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