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The words 'Some Pig' and then 'Terrific' appear mysteriously in the spider’s web above the pig pen in farmer Zuckerman’s barn. These are the life saving words that Charlottethe spider spins to save her friend Wilbur, the runt of a litter who is being reared for only one purpose. Watched over by Fern, a little girl who has adopted the pig as a baby, the interactions of Wilbur, Charlotte and Templeton the rat and the other barn animals as they campaign to save the pig’s life is an exceptional story of tenderness and triumph.
Synopsis
Tells the tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.
