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About This Passage
This is the morning the trick goes to work - and the fog is its helper. Charlotte wove her message in the night, but words made of thread need to be SEEN, and the fog dresses every strand in tiny water beads so the whole web shines like a veil. Because the web looked so beautiful, even busy Lurvy stopped to look - and then he saw the two words that changed everything.
On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water.
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Narration Prompt
Tell the morning in order: the fog, the shining web, Lurvy finding the two words, Mr. Zuckerman trembling, the talk with Mrs. Zuckerman, the visit to the minister, and then the crowds of cars coming to see Wilbur. End with Fern - what makes her glad, and what makes her miss the old quiet barn?
Discussion Questions
- Lurvy does not laugh when he sees the words in the web. He puts down the pail, feels weak, whispers 'I'm seeing things,' drops to his knees, and says a short prayer. Why does Lurvy act this way? Use the details of what he does and says to explain what he thinks the strange sign means.
- Mrs. Zuckerman says the spider is unusual: 'It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.' But Mr. Zuckerman keeps saying the pig is unusual: 'It says so, right there in the middle of the web.' Why do they read the same web in two different ways? Use the words each one notices and says to explain what each of them is looking at.
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Vocabulary
Item 1
Full of thick, misty air that is hard to see through.
Item 2
A wonderful happening nobody can explain.
Item 3
A mark or message that points to something important.
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