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Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
the perfect book.
E.B. White mastered the power of simple but impactful writing in this one for sure. or maybe I am just an adult reading a children’s book and finding the beauty in that world again.
E.B. White mastered the power of simple but impactful writing in this one for sure. or maybe I am just an adult reading a children’s book and finding the beauty in that world again.
‘…You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur.
Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall.
Christmas will come, then the snows of winter.
You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, Wilbur - this lovely world, these golden days…’
Charlotte stopped. A moment later a tear came to Wilbur's eye. 'Oh, Charlotte, he said.
'To think that when I first met you I thought you were cruel and bloodthirsty!'
‘Why did you do all this for me?' he asked.
I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you?
'You have been my friend, replied Charlotte.
‘That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die…’