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Charlotte's Web
By E.B.White
I.
By E.B.White
I.
Before Breakfast
"Where's Papa going with the ax?" said Fern to her mother as they
were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born
last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only
eight.
"Well," said her mother,"one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small
and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has
decided to do away with it."
"Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because
it's smaller than the others?"
Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. "Don't yell,
Fern!"she said. "Your father is right. The pig would probably die
anyway."
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass
was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were
sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's unfair."
Mr. Arable stopped walking.
"Fer," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."
"Control myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and death,
and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her cheeks
and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's
hand.
"Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs
than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!"
"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born
small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have
killed me?"
Mr. Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his
daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a
little runty pig is another."
"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This
is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of."
A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost
ready to cry himself.
"Where's Papa going with the ax?" said Fern to her mother as they
were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born
last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only
eight.
"Well," said her mother,"one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small
and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has
decided to do away with it."
"Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because
it's smaller than the others?"
Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. "Don't yell,
Fern!"she said. "Your father is right. The pig would probably die
anyway."
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass
was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were
sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's unfair."
Mr. Arable stopped walking.
"Fer," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."
"Control myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and death,
and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her cheeks
and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's
hand.
"Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs
than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!"
"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born
small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have
killed me?"
Mr. Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his
daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a
little runty pig is another."
"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This
is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of."
A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost
ready to cry himself.
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