What did the spider get for a dead child?

African folktale Spider traded silk for a dead child. The Spider's Tale is an African folk story, which tells the story of a little boy who accidentally fell into a deep pit while playing and fell into the water and died. After the mother buried the little boy, she met a giant spider on her way home. The spider entangled the dead boy with silk and dragged him into the cave. Seeing this, the mother took some rice out of her pocket and fed it to let it take the little boy away, saying, you will save my son.