A spider has made her home among the green hills and valleys of a lettuce leaf. It is a perfect den, just the right size, with a dewdrop pool nearby that will catch moths on moonlit nights. What the spider cannot know is that her home is in a lady's garden.

Each day the lady comes to pick lettuce for her lunch. Each day she comes a little closer to the spider's cozy nook without ever guessing that her giant footsteps shake the spider's little home.

Then one day the lady picks the very head of lettuce in which the spider lives. When at last she notices he spider frantically trying to escape, the lady stops just short of carelessly destroying the tiny creature and begins to marvel at its fragile existence—and to think about the miracle of things large and small.

From the dust jacket