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the quickest way to spoil a friendship is to wake somebody up in the morning before he is ready.
Almost all spiders are rather nice-looking.
A spider has to pick up a living somehow or other,
Underneath her rather bold and cruel exterior, she had a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal and true to the very end.
a web gets torn every day by the insects that kick around in it, and a spider must rebuild it when it gets full of holes.
the spider busily worked at her task.
with men it’s rush, rush, rush, every minute.
I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.”
“Go along to bed, then,” said Charlotte. “Sleep is important.”
“Never hurry and never worry!”
I want you to go to sleep. No more talking! Close your eyes and go to sleep!”
DAY AFTER day the spider waited, head-down, for an idea to come
Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.
around midnight, the spider was still at work.
It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.”
the spider called a meeting
Now stop arguing and go get some sleep!”
the spider worked at her difficult task.
“Terrific!”
friends in the barn worried for fear all this attention would go to his head and make him stuck up.
he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world.
Humble’ has two meanings. It means ‘not proud’ and it means ‘near the ground.’ That’s Wilbur all over. He’s not proud and he’s near the ground.”
Spiders are very clever
“You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a tremendous thing.
After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die.
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.”
No one had ever had such a friend—so affectionate, so loyal, and so skillful.
Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen
“I’m trembling with joy,”
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
