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Chosen because this is the quiet heart of the entire novel — Charlotte's last wave, her last word, her last breath, framed by the ordinary packing-up of a fair — and because the passage holds three of our vocabulary words (summoned, deserted, forlorn) in the same elegy.
"Good-bye!" she whispered. Then she summoned all her strength and waved one of her front legs at him. She never moved again. Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses wer...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 21 in your own words. Describe Charlotte's peaceful speech to Wilbur about the seasons, the moment Wilbur realizes she is dying, Wilbur's plan to save the egg sac, Templeton's demands, the final wink, and how Charlotte dies the next day.
Discussion Questions
- Charlotte tells Wilbur, You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. What does Charlotte mean when she says being a friend is a tremendous thing? Why does she refuse Wilbur's claim that he did not deserve her help?
- Charlotte says, By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that. Why does White give Charlotte this particular sentence at the end of her work? What is Charlotte saying about the reason spiders — and people — do good things for other creatures?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Calm, untroubled, and free of worry or conflict
Item 2
Safe and protected from harm or danger
Item 3
Very large, great, or important; remarkable
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