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E.B.White was born in Mount
Vernon, New York, and graduated from
Cornell University. His writings
appeared for many years in The New
Yorker magazine.
He was awarded the 1970 Laura
Ingalls Wilder Medal for his children's
books
STUART
LITTLE
and
CHARLOTTE'S WEB(1952), and his
third book for children, THE TRUMPET

OF THE SWAN, also won several
awards. The author of seventeen books
of prose and poetry, Mr. White received
many distinguished literary honors. In
1973 he was elected to the American
Academy of Arts and Letters.

Title Page
The Author
Content
CHAPTER 1:Before Breakfast
CHAPTER 2:Wilbur
CHAPTER 3:Escape
CHAPTER 4:Loneliness
CHAPTER 5:Charlotte
CHAPTER 6:Summer Days
CHAPTER 7:Bad News
CHAPTER 8:A Talk At Home
CHAPTER 9:Wilbur's Boast
CHAPTER 10:An Explosion

CHAPTER 11:The Miracle
CHAPTER 12:A Meeting
CHAPTER 13:Good Progress
CHAPTER 14:Dr. Dorian
CHAPTER 15:The Crickets
CHAPTER 16:Off to the Fair
CHAPTER 17:Uncle
CHAPTER 18:The Cool of the
Evening
CHAPTER 19:The Egg Sac
CHAPTER
Triumph

20:The

CHAPTER 21:Last Day

Hour

of

CHAPTER 22:A Warm Wind
bottom cover

CHAPTER 1
Before Breakfast
"Where's Papa going with that ax?"
said Fern to her mother as they were
setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hog house," 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."