Charlotte Salutations.
What?
Charlotte Salutations.
What are they? And where are you?
Charlotte Salutations are greetings. It's my fancy way of saying hello.
Scenes with Charlotte
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Lamb
[Charlotte is looking for a new message to write in her web]
How about "Pig Supreme"?
Charlotte No good. It sounds like a rich dessert.
How about terrific, terrific, terrific?
Charlotte Cut that down to one terrific and it will do nicely. I think terrific might impress Zuckerman.
But Charlotte, I'm not terrific.
Charlotte You're terrific as far as I am concerned. (Templeton hits Wilbur in the face with his tail as he walks by; Charlotte glares at him) Does anybody know how to spell it?
I think it's T, double-E double-R, double-R, double-I, double-F, double-I, double-C-C-C.
Charlotte What kind of an acrobat do you think I am? It would take me all night to write that.
I would advise you not to consult geese in matters of spelling. The word is spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-C.
Charlotte Please! Let me spell it my way.
There are seven.
Charlotte Seven is a lucky number.
[proudly]
Luck had absolutely nothing to do with it! It was really good management and hard work.
What are you going to do with it?
[sternly]
You can have it! Roll it away and add it to that nasty collection of yours! Be careful! A rotten egg can be a regular stink bomb!
[patting the egg]
I know what I'm doing. I handle stuff like this all the time. [And with that, Templeton rolls the egg away.]
[about Zuckerman raising him to be slaughtered]
Is it true what the old sheep says? Is that awful thing true?!
It's a dirty-irty trick, but it's true.
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!
Charlotte [speaking for the first time, this time from an unseen location]
Quiet, Wilbur! Now chin up!
Who said that?
Charlotte Do you want a friend?
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.
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.
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.
