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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 White, E. B.
| Wilbur was born one wet spring morning. At birth, what was Wilbur? | Charlotte's Web: A Classic (gimmel33) |
a runt. John Arable was going to kill Wilbur because he was a runt. Fern rescued him.
| Wilbur thought he had escaped death when Fern saved him. However, his life was still in danger. Who revealed this dreadful news to him? | Charlotte's Web: A Classic (gimmel33) |
The old sheep. "'They want to turn you into smoked bacon and ham,' continued the old sheep."
| Why did Charlotte want me to come to the County Fair with her and the pig? | The Rat's Story - "Charlotte's Web" (ASA) |
To run errands and do general work. I wasn't prepared to go, but they lured me by telling me that a fair was a rat's paradise and I would find lots of food there.
| Whilst playing in the barn, what did Avery put in his pocket? | Charlotte's Web (LittleMissStubborn) |
| Which animal made his home under Wilbur's food dish? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
a rat. Templeton was a handy rat to know. He was extremely helpful to Wilbur and Charolotte
| Where did Wilbur and Charlotte, the spider meet? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
| When Wilbur fainted at the awards ceremony, how did Templeton, once again, save the day? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
bit his tail. ...did anyone think of smelling salts!
| When the family went to the fair, everyone had a particular item they dreamed of. Which one was not one of them? | Charlotte's Web: A Classic (gimmel33) |
sports car. Avery lay dreaming that the Ferris Wheel had stopped and he was stuck at the top. Mrs. Zuckerman lay dreaming of a deep freeze unit. Mr. Zuckerman dreamt that Wilbur had grown until he was one hundred and sixteen feet long and ninety-two feet high.
| When Charlotte's babies grew up and left home, three stayed behind to live in the barn doorway. What were their names? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
Joy, Arania, Nellie. I wonder, did Wibur invite them over for Thanksgiving dinner too?
| When Charlotte made her egg sack, how many eggs did she tell Wilbur were in it? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
514. Do you suppose she actually counted them?? The sack was made out of silk threads.
| What were the other three sayings that Charlotte wove into the web over her lifetime? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
Radiant, Terrific, Humble. ....there again, Templeton, the rat was the one that located all the sayings.
| What was the name of the very large pig in the cage next to Wilbur at the county fair? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
Uncle. And Uncle got the first place ribbon.
| What was the name of the farmer who lived next door to Mr and Mrs Arable? | Charlotte's Web (LittleMissStubborn) |
| What was the first thing that Charlotte wove into her web that made everyone think that Wilbur was special? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
Some Pig. What Charolotte put in the web all depended on what Templeton found for words when he went looking. Good thing he found good words!
| What was the first thing that Charlotte said to Wilbur? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
Salutations. That was the first time I ever heard the words 'Salutations'. It is such a neat word and is more interesting then 'hi' or 'hello'.
| What was it that Wilbur said Templeton could do if he would do this one favor for Wilbur(see question 11)? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
eat first at the trough at each meal. Templeton's favorite things to do was eat. When he went to the fair with Wilbur, he was out all night eating and having fun.
| What was Charlotte's first word to Wilbur? | Charlotte's Web: A Classic (gimmel33) |
salutations. "Salu-what?", he cried. "Salutations!" repeated the voice.
| What was Charlotte the size of? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
gum drop. A gum drop with 8 hairy legs and one big heart.
| What message did Charlotte the spider weave into her web? | The Rat's Story - "Charlotte's Web" (ASA) |
Some Pig. Crunchy and Pre-shrunk were words that I found at the dump below the apple orchard, but Charlotte said that neither were appropriate for the pig.
| What is the name of the pig that shares my food trough? | The Rat's Story - "Charlotte's Web" (ASA) |
Wilbur. Fern Arable gave Wilbur his name when she saved him from being killed on his very first day of life. Babe is the name of the pig in the book the "Sheep-pig" by Dick King-Smith and both Squealer and Napoleon feature in the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.
| What good deed did Templeton do when there was no one else that could do it? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
he crawled up and got the egg sack off the wall of the cage (he distracted a burgular, he yelled 'Fire', He talked to the Arables). Templeton was just the right size to be able to climb up the side of the cage.
| What did the pig get from me to help him spin a web? | The Rat's Story - "Charlotte's Web" (ASA) |
A piece of string. Wilbur thought he just had to jump in the air and web would automatically appear, but wanted the string to stop him hitting the ground so hard. Unfortunately he never tied the other end of the string to anything.
| What did the Goose-oose-oose give me when she had hatched seven goslings? | The Rat's Story - "Charlotte's Web" (ASA) |
An unhatched egg. She gave me the unhatched egg with the assumption that I would then leave the goslings alone - which of course I did...I never got a chance to do otherwise.
| What did Aunt Edith give Wilbur a bath with before they all went to the county fair? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
butter milk. Aunt Edith claimed it made Wilburs coat smooth and shiny.
| What award did Wibur bring home from the fair? | Charlotte's Web (Sue246) |
A bronze medal. ... and 514 baby spider eggs!
 Frequently Asked Questions about White, E. B.
- There are Vitamins A, C, D, E; but why are there Vitamins B3, B6, B12, etc.? ( goto )
- What does B.P.O.E. stand for? ( goto )
- In the sixth century B.C.E. what happened that caused the Medes and Lydian armies to stop fighting? ( goto )
- What is customarily labelled A and C at its ends, F-B-M along one side, and H-E-K along the other? ( goto )
- Which province contains five of its country's main population centres whose English names start with A, B, C, D and E respectively? ( goto )
- I need a website that lists the country letter displayed on cars from that (European) country i.e. N for Netherlands, B for Belguim. I did find it once but can't find it again. Can anyone help please ? ( goto )
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- E. e. cummings - what does e. e. stand for? ( goto )
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- Were the vitamins discovered in order? If so, what happened to vitamins B3 to B5, B7 to B11 and Vitamins F to J? ( goto )
- Why is the White House white? ( goto )
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