Паутина Шарлотты
Chapter 12
Peoplearealreadygettingsickofreadingthewords’SomePig!"Ifanybodycanthinkofanothermessage,orremark,I’llbegladtoweaveitintotheweb.Anysuggestionsforanewslogan?"
"Howabout’PigSupreme’?"askedoneofthelambs.
"Nogood,"saidCharlotte."Itsoundslikearichdessert."
"Howabout’Terrific,terrific,terrific’?"askedthegoose.
"Cutthatdowntoone’terrific’anditwilldoverynicely,"saidCharlotte."Ithink’terrific’mightimpressZuckerman."
"ButCharlotte,"saidWilbur,"I’mnotterrific."
"Thatdoesn’tmakeaparticleofdifference,"repliedCharlotte."Notaparticle.Peoplebelievealmostanythingtheyseeinprint.Doesanybodyhereknowhowtospell’terrific’?"
"Ithink,"saidthegander,"it’steedoubleeedoublerrdoublerrdoubleeyedoubleffdoubleeyedoubleseeseeseeseesee."
"WhatkindofanacrobatdoyouthinkIam?"saidCharlotteindisgust."IwouldhavetohaveSt.Vitus’sDancetoweaveawordlikethatintomyweb."
"Sorry,sorry,sorry,"saidthegander.
Thentheoldestsheepspokeup."IagreethatthereshouldbesomethingnewwritteninthewebifWilbur’slifeistobesaved.AndifCharlotteneedshelpinfindingwords,IthinkshecangetitfromourfriendTempleton.Theratvisitsthedumpregularlyandhasaccesstooldmagazines.Hecantearoutbitsofadvertisementsandbringthemupheretothebarncellar,sothatCharlottecanhavesomethingtocopy."
"Goodidea,"saidCharlotte."ButI’mnotsureTempletonwillbewillingtohelp.