Fanny
Your father wanted to prove that his horseless carriage would run even in the snow. It really does too...It's so interesting. He says he's going to have wheels all made of rubber and blown up with air. I should think they'd explode...Eugene seems very confident. Oh, it seems so like old times to hear him talk.
Fanny
The important thing is that Wilbur did get her, and not only got her, but kept her.
Eugene
There's another important thing, that is, for me. In fact, it's the only thing that makes me forgive that bass viol for getting in my way...Lucy.
Fanny
I can just guess what that was about. He's telling her what you did to Eugene...You're not going in there!...You keep away from here...Go on to the top of the stairs. Go on! It's indecent, like squabbling outside the door of an operating room. The idea of you going in there now. Just telling Isabel the whole thing. Now you stay here and let him tell her. He's got some consideration for her...I thought you already knew everything I did. I was just suffering...Oh, I was a fool. Eugene never would have looked at me, even if he'd never seen Isabel. And they haven't done any harm! She made Wilbur happy. She was a true wife to him as long as he lived. Here I go, not doing myself a bit of good by him, I'm just ruining them. Leave her alone.
The Goose
You'll worry alright when winter comes! If Wilbur is killed, and his trough stands empty, then you'll grow so thin we can look right through your stomach and see objects on the other side!
Goose
I'm no flibberty-ibberty-gibbit! I'm staying here and hatching my goslings!
Wilbur
Is it true what the old sheep says? Is that awful thing true?!
Goose
It's a dirty-irty trick, but it's true.
Wilbur
I don't want to die! I want to stay here in my warm manure pile! I want to breathe the beautiful air, and lie in the beautiful sun!
You're certainly making a beautiful noise.
Wilbur
I don't want to die! I don't want to die!
Charlotte
Quiet, Wilbur! Now chin up!
Wilbur
Who said that?
Charlotte
Do you want a friend?
Wilbur
Yes, I want a friend. But I want to live, too!
Charlotte
Well, chin up. I'll be your friend and I'll try to save your life. I've been watching you, and I like you.
Wilbur
I can't see you. What do you mean "chin up"?
Charlotte
Now go to sleep. You'll see me in the morning, and I'll explain everything then.
Narrator
Wilbur's stomach was empty, and his mind was full. And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it's always hard to sleep. But sleep and Wilbur finally found each other.
Madge Rapf
I've cried myself to sleep at night because of you. She's got you now. She wants you very badly doesn't she? She's willing to run away with you and keep on running and ruin everything for herself. But she wouldn't care because she'd be with you and that's what she wants. Well she doesn't have you now. She'll never have you. Nobody will ever have you! And that's the way I want it! You're nothing but an escaped convict. Nobody knows what you wrote down. They'll believe me! They'll believe me!
