Chapter 1
"Control myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her fat...
Chapter 2
Wilbur was what farmers call a spring pig, which simply means that he was born in springtime. (2.9)
Chapter 3
Wilbur's new home was in the lower part of the barn, directly underneath the cows. Mr. Zuckerman knew that a manure pile is a good place to keep a young pig. Pigs need warmth, and it was warm and c...
Chapter 4
Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love. He wanted a friend—someone who would play with him. (4.22)
Chapter 5
"Well," he thought, "I've got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don't like. How can I learn to like her, e...
Chapter 6
The early summer days on a farm are the happiest and fairest days of the year. Lilacs bloom and make the air sweet, and then fade. Apple blossoms come with the lilacs, and the bees visit around amo...
Chapter 7
"You shall not die," said Charlotte, briskly."What? Really?" cried Wilbur. "Who's going to save me?""I am," said Charlotte."How?" asked Wilbur."That remains to be seen. But I am going to save you,...
Chapter 9
"I just love it here in the barn," said Wilbur. "I love everything about this place.""Of course you do," said Charlotte. "We all do." The goose appeared, followed by her seven goslings. They thrust...
Chapter 11
"There can be no mistake about it. A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig.""Well," said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're...
Chapter 12
"The message I wrote in my web, praising Wilbur, has been received. The Zuckermans have fallen for it, and so has everybody else. Zuckerman thinks Wilbur is an unusual pig, and therefore he won't w...
Chapter 13
Everybody stood at the pigpen and stared at the web and read the word, over and over, while Wilbur, who really felt terrific, stood quietly swelling out his chest and swinging his snout from side t...
Chapter 14
"Alone?" said Fern. "Alone? My best friends are in the barn cellar. It is a very sociable place. Not at all lonely." (14.16).
Chapter 15
Wilbur was now the center of attraction on the farm. Good food and regular hours were showing results: Wilbur was a pig any man would be proud of. One day more than a hundred people came to stand a...
Chapter 16
"That's some pig!" said Mrs. Arable. "He's terrific," said Lurvy."He's very radiant," said Fern, remembering the day he was born. (16.42-4)
Chapter 18
The grownups climbed slowly into the truck and Wilbur heard the engine start and then heard the truck moving away in low speed. He would have felt lonely and homesick, had Charlotte not been with h...
Chapter 19
Everyone rejoiced to find that the miracle of the web had been repeated. Wilbur gazed up lovingly into their faces. He looked very humble and very grateful. Fern winked at Charlotte. (19.41-42)
Chapter 20
Wilbur blushed. He stood perfectly still and tried to look his best. "This magnificent animal," continued the loud speaker, "is truly terrific. Look at him, ladies and gentlemen! Note the smoothnes...
Chapter 21
Nobody, of the hundreds of people that had visited the Fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. (21.52)
Chapter 22
Mr. Zuckerman took fine care of Wilbur all the rest of his days, and the pig was often visited by friends and admirers, for nobody ever forgot the year of his triumph and the miracle of the web. (2...