Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web Chapter one 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. Do away with it! Shrieked fern. You mean kill it just because it's smaller than the others. Mrs arable. Put a picture of cream on the table. Don't yell fern, she said. Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway, fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime fern sneakers were stopping. By the time she caught up with her father.