Charlotte’s Web Chapter 10 – An Explosion
Charlotte, after spending lots of time upside down (so that the blood will go to her head and she could think better), comes up with a plan to save her friend Wilbur.
The two go to the barn and spend an hour swinging on a scary, but fun rope swing.
They then go to the fields and eat raspberries until Fern eats one with a bug in it.
Next they go to the barn where Avery spots Charlotte and wants to capture her. He grabs a stick intending to knock her down and climbs onto the trough to reach her. The trough turns over breaking the unhatched egg and releasing all kinds of horrible gases and smells.
The children run home in disgust leaving the animals in the barn to discuss their situation.
“I’m delighted that the egg never hatched,” said the goose when told the story, proud that she had played a part in Charlotte’s rescue.
Wilbur is fed dinner by Lurvey and decides to leave some aside for Templeton who lost his egg but saved the day.
Now that everything has calmed down in the barn and the animals are going to sleep, Charlotte begins work on her plan to save her friend.
Chapter 10 Lessons Learned
After thinking for many days, Charlotte finally comes up with a plan to save Wilbur’s life.
Lesson Learned – Give it time, if you stick with it, you’ll be able to figure a way out of your mess.
Avery brings his frog into the kitchen and it jumps into soapy water which gets on the blueberry pie.
Lesson Learned –. A little obvious, but seriously, frogs do not belong in the kitchen.
Even though local mothers worried about their children playing on the “dangerous” Zuckerman swing, no child had ever gotten hurt.
Lesson Learned – Children almost always hold onto things tighter than their parents think they will.
Fern eats a raspberry with a bug in it.
Lesson Learned – Hey, sometimes raspberries have bugs, next time look before you eat.
When Avery fell onto the rotten egg, it broke releasing a horrible smell which ended up saving Charlotte’s life.
Lesson Learned – Sometimes things happen for a reason.
Templeton was happy about his role in saving Charlotte’s life. “It pays to save things. I never throw anything away.”
Lesson Learned –. Even though the egg helped save Charlotte, it pays to save things *within* reason. Useless things need to go sooner rather than later. He got lucky with this one.
Wilbur is fed dinner by Farmer Lurvey and remembering that Templeton’s egg had saved Charlotte’s life, leave a whole noodle for his friend.
Lesson Learned –. Remember to thank your friends when they do something nice.
Once everyone starts to nod off, Charlotte begins work on her plan to save Wilbur’s life.
Lesson Learned –.Some of your best work can often be done once the kids go to sleep.
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