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—fromCharlotte’sWeb

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CharlotteandWilburwerealohefamilieshadgoolookforFeron。Wilburlayrestiheextandstrainoftheedalstillhungfromhisneck;bylookingoutoftheerofhiseyehecouldseeit。

“Charlotte，”saidWilburafterawhile，“whyareyousoquiet?”

“Iliketositstill，”shesaid。“I’vealwaysbee。”

&youseemspeciallysotoday。Doyoufeelallright?”

“Alittletired，perhaps。ButIfeelpeaceful。Yoursutheringthismwas，toasmalldegree，mysuccess。Yourfutureisassured。Youwilllive，sedsafe，Wilbur。Nothingharmyouumndayswillshrowcold。Theleaveswillshakeloosefromthetreesandfall。Christmaswille，thenthesnowsofwinter。Youwilllivetoeyofthefrozenworld，foryoumeaoZudhewillnotharmyou，ever。Winterwillpass，thedayswillleheicewillmeltiurepond。Thensongsparrowwillreturnandsing，thefrogswillawake，theillblowagaisandsoundsandsmellswillbeyourstoenjoy，Wilbur—thislovelyworld，thesepreciousdays。。。”

Charlottestopped。AmomeearcametoWilbur’seye。“Oh，Charlotte，”hesaid。“TothinkthatwhenIfirstmetyouIthoughtyouweredbloodthirsty!”

Whenherecoveredfromhisemotion，hespokeagain。“Whydidyoudoallthisforme?”heasked。“Ido。I’vehingforyou。”

“Youhavebeenmyfriend，”repliedCharlotte。“Thatiremendousthing。IwovemywebsforyoubecauseIlikedyou。Afterall，what’salife，anyway?We’reborlewhile，ider’slife’thelpbeihihallthistrappiingflies。Byhelpingyou，perhapsIwastryingtoliftupmylifeatrifle。Heavenknowsanyoandalittleofthat。”

“Well，”saidWilbur。“I’mnogoodatmakingspeeches。Ihaven’tgiftforwords。Butyouhavesavedme，Charlotte，andIwouldgladlygivemylifeforyou—Ireallywould。”

“I’msureyouwould。AndIthankyes。”

“Charlotte，”saidWilbur。“We’reallgoiheFairisalmostover。Won’titbewoobebaeinthebarncellaragainwiththesheepandthegeese?Aren’tyouanxioustogethome?”

ForamomentCharlottesaidnothing。ThenshespokeinavoicesolowWilburcouldhardlyhearthewords。

“Iwillnotbegoingbacktothebarn，”shesaid。

ttohisfeet。“Notgoingback?”hecried。“Charlotte，whatareyoutalkingabout?”

“I’mdonefor，”shereplied。“InadayortwoI’llbedead。Ihavehenoughtoie。IdoubtifIhaveenoughsilkinmyspiolowermetotheground。”

&his，Wilburthrewhimselfdoainandsreatsobsrackedhisbody。Heheavedahdesolation。“Charlotte，”hemoaned。“ytruefriend!”

&’snotmakease，”saidthespider。“Bequiet，Wilbur。Stabout!”

“ButIdit，”shoutedWilbur。“Iwon’tleaveyouherealoodie。IfytostayhereIshallstay，too。”

“Don’tberidiculous，”saidCharlotte。“You’tstayhere。ZudLurvyandJohheotherswillbebautenow，andthey’llshoveyouintothatdawayyou’llgo。Besides，itwouldn’tmakeanysenseforyoutostay。Therewouldbeofeedyou。ThefairGroundswillsooyaed。”

anic。Heradandroundthepen。Suddenlyhehadaoftheeggsadthefivehundredalespidersthatwouldhatthespring。IfCharlotteherselfwasuogohometothebarhemusttakeheralong。

WilburrushedtothefrontofhispehisfrohetazedarouaheArablesandtheZusapproag。Heknewhewouldhavetoactquickly。

&empleton?”hedemanded。

&hatderthestra，”saidCharlotte。

Wilburrushedover，pushedhisstrongs，aotheair。

&on!”screamedWilbur。“Payattention!”

&，surprisedoutofasoundsleep，lookedfirstdazedthendisgusted。

“Whatkindofmohis?”hegrowled。“’taratcatkofsleepwithoutbeingrudelypoppedintotheair?”

“Listentome!”criedWilbur。“Charlotteisveryill。Shehasonlyashorttimetolive。Shepanyushome，becauseofher。Therefore，itisabsolutelyhatItakehereggsacwithme。I’treadI’tclimb。Youaretheogetit。There’sobelost。Thepe—they’llbehereinnotime。Please，please，please，Templeton，climbupaheeggsac。”

&yawenedhiswhiskers。Theheeggsac。

“So!”hesaid，indisgust。“Soit’soldTempletontain，isit?Templetondothis，Templetondothat，Templetonpleaserundowntothedumpameamagazineg，TempletonpleaselendmeapiecesoIaweb。”

“Oh，hurry!”saidWilbur。“Hurryup，Templeton!”

ButtheratwasinnanimitatingWilbur’svoice。

“Soit’s‘Hurryup，Temple’，isit?”hesaid。“Ho，ho。andwhatthafortheseservices，Iwouldliketoknow?NeverakindwordforoldTempleton，onlyabuseandwisedsideremarks。Neverakind