Charlotte’s Web. Garth Williams

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Copyright

      This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2015

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      Charlotte’s Web

      Text copyright © E.B. White, 1952

      Text copyright © renewed 1980 by E.B. White

      Illustration copyright © renewed 1980 by the Estate of Garth Williams

      Colourisations copyright © 1999 by the Estate of Garth Williams

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      Ebook Edition © MARCH 2015 ISBN: 9780008139414

      Version: 2015-03-05

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

1. Before Breakfast

2. Wilbur

3. Escape

4. Loneliness

5. Charlotte

6. Summer Days

       7. Bad News

       8. A Talk at Home

       9. Wilbur’s Boast

       10. An Explosion

       11. The Miracle

       12. A Meeting

       13. Good Progress

       14. Dr Dorian

       15. The Crickets

       16. Off to the Fair

       17. Uncle

       18. The Cool of the Evening

       19. The Egg Sac

       20. The Hour of Triumph

       21. Last Day

       22. A Warm Wind

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       About the Illustrator

       Other Books By

       About the Publisher

1. Before Breakfast

      ‘WHERE’S Papa going with that axe?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

      ‘Out to the hoghouse,’ replied Mrs Arable. ‘Some pigs were born last night.’

      ‘I don’t see why he needs an axe,’ continued Fern, who was only eight.

      ‘Well,’ said her mother, ‘one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.’

      ‘Do away with it?’ shrieked Fern. ‘You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?’

      Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. ‘Don’t yell, Fern!’ she said. ‘Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.’

      Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.