Charlotte's Web is a children's book by acclaimed American author E. B. White. Charlotte's Web begins early on a spring morning in the Arable kitchen, where eight-year-old Fern Arable learns that her father is heading out to do away with a tiny pig that was born the night before. She quickly heads out to correct this horrible injustice. After much discussion, young Fern convinces her father to spare the runt's life, and he allows her to take the responsibility for raising the small pig upon herself. This is how the young pig, christened "Wilbur,"begins his life's adventure. With each passing day, Wilbur gets lonelier day after day until eventually, a warm and soothing voice tells him that she is going to be his friend. The next day, he wakes up and meets the voice: Charlotte, a gray spider. Wilbur soon becomes a member of the community of animals who live in the cellar of Zuckerman's barn.
When the old sheep in the barn cellar tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed and eaten at Christmas, he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte has the idea of writing words in her web extolling Wilbur's excellent personality, such as "SOME PIG", reasoning that if she can make Wilbur sufficiently famous, he will not be killed. Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair--with Charlotte--and wins a prize. Due to the short lifespan of spiders, Charlotte dies at the fair. Wilbur repays Charlotte by bringing home with him the sac of eggs she had laid at the fair. When Charlotte's eggs hatch at Zuckerman's farm and most of Charlotte's daughters leave to make their own lives elsewhere, three remain there as friends to Wilbur.
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