you know, I think little kids are mostly fearless cus they just dont know anything. They eat bad things, cuddle up to harmful things, everything is so new and great. Its too bad some parents/adults go overboard and scare the byjeepers out of them trying to protect them. I think I read somewhere the only innate fear a human has is of height - like a baby wont crawl over a glass tabletop when it sees the floor underneath.
I didnt mind the spider cus my grandfather had a book, from the 10s or 20s? called daddy longlegs or benjamin owl and it had pictures. One of the characters was a daddy lonbglegs spider who wore orange plaid pants and this spider I picked up looked like him only no pants - lol. Maybe thats why orange is my least fav color! sharet