The Book
Wilbur the pig was a runt, at the beginning of the book Fern pleads with her father who was going to go out and kill the runt to spare his life. Fern convinces her dad like all girls are able to do to keep the runt and let her raise him up. Fern treats Wilbur like a baby doll. However this does not last long, Wilbur is going to be raised like a normal market hog down at the Zuckerman barn.
Wilbur being the runt and shy does not do very well at the barn, however he meets Charlotte. A beautiful female barn spider. Wilbur goes through summer and the sheep keep telling him that Zuckerman is trying to fatten him up so he can eat him. Wilbur tells Charlotte this news, as being best friends Charlotte tells Wilbur that she will do anything possible to keep him alive and off the dinner table at Christmas.
Charlotte creates these webs saying, SOME PIG, TERRIFIC, and RADIANT. This activate by Charlotte is quite confusing for the adult. Fern tells her dad that she can talk to animal. Her dad asks the doctor if this is at all possible. Then the doctor tells her dad that the interesting thing is not that Charlotte wrote words in her web, it is in fact that spiders can spin a web with out being taught. that is the real miracle.
The Zuckermans and Ferns family decide to take Wilbur to the County Fair, because of how famous he is now. At this time Wilbur is an underdog to the other pigs. So as a true friend does, Charlotte creates another web saying HUMBLE in it. Now being at the Fair Wilbur has everyone there to see him and how wonderful he truly is. He does not win first place, but he does win a medal for being out of the ordinary. Charlotte does not feel good and she starts to dying, Wilbur and Templeton rescue Charlotte's eggsac taking it to the farm where Wilbur will get to live out the rest of his life because he is a special pig. Wilbur will always miss Charlotte, however year after year her new offspring are born and grow up every year with Wilbur.
Wilbur being the runt and shy does not do very well at the barn, however he meets Charlotte. A beautiful female barn spider. Wilbur goes through summer and the sheep keep telling him that Zuckerman is trying to fatten him up so he can eat him. Wilbur tells Charlotte this news, as being best friends Charlotte tells Wilbur that she will do anything possible to keep him alive and off the dinner table at Christmas.
Charlotte creates these webs saying, SOME PIG, TERRIFIC, and RADIANT. This activate by Charlotte is quite confusing for the adult. Fern tells her dad that she can talk to animal. Her dad asks the doctor if this is at all possible. Then the doctor tells her dad that the interesting thing is not that Charlotte wrote words in her web, it is in fact that spiders can spin a web with out being taught. that is the real miracle.
The Zuckermans and Ferns family decide to take Wilbur to the County Fair, because of how famous he is now. At this time Wilbur is an underdog to the other pigs. So as a true friend does, Charlotte creates another web saying HUMBLE in it. Now being at the Fair Wilbur has everyone there to see him and how wonderful he truly is. He does not win first place, but he does win a medal for being out of the ordinary. Charlotte does not feel good and she starts to dying, Wilbur and Templeton rescue Charlotte's eggsac taking it to the farm where Wilbur will get to live out the rest of his life because he is a special pig. Wilbur will always miss Charlotte, however year after year her new offspring are born and grow up every year with Wilbur.