charlotte's ending
Yesterday, my mum and
I finished reading 'Charlotte's Web'.
Charlotte died in the end from old age and overly tired, probably from spinning the web for Wilbur (the pig). Charlotte put in great effort and strength to spin 4 words in the web, at different time, to make the farmpeople think that Wilbur is an unusual pig, so that they will not kill him for the meat.
The 4 words are : "some pig", "terrific", "radiant" and "humble".
actually, Charlotte had laid 514 eggs waiting to be hatched in spring time. But she died even before they were born. Wilbur missed her spider friend very much and decided to repay her kindness by begging the rat to take the 'egg sac' from the tall ceiling corner, and Wilbur quietly smuggled it back to the barn. In the egg sac, there were all the unhatched spiders.
In return, Wilbur must give up all the food to the rat, and he will only take the leftovers after the rat had eaten.
From this story, I was very touched by the friendship between the 2 animals, Wilbur (pig) and Charlotte (spider). Especially for Charlotte, she was such a loyal friend and kept her promise to the save the pig to the end. Even though she was very exhausted from spinning the words in the web, she never gave up. The last scene of her dying made both my mum and me cry......
I will surely read this wonderful book again when I have the time.
catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
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