When you achieve others, you also achieve yourself!

Adeline 2022-04-19 09:02:34

"Maybe a little tired. But I feel at peace. Your success in the circle this morning was, to a small extent, mine. Your future is assured. You will live and be safe, Wilbur. Now Nothing can hurt you. Autumn days are going to be shorter and colder. Leaves are going to fall from the trees. So Christmas is here, and then down to the cave. You'll live to enjoy the icy beauty. It's too important for Mr. Kerman, he won't hurt you in any way. Winter will pass, the days will grow longer, and the ice in the pasture ponds will melt. Song finches will come and sing, frogs will wake, and warm winds It will blow again. All these sights and sounds and aromas are for you to enjoy. Wilbur...oh, this wonderful world, these precious days..."

"You've always been my friend," Charlotte replied, "and that's a remarkable thing in itself. I made a net for you because I liked you. Besides, what is life anyway? We are born, we live We died a while ago. It's pointless for a spider to catch and eat flies all his life. By helping you, maybe I can increase the value of my life. Everyone knows that people should do something meaningful in life. ."

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  • [Templeton is being chased by two crows and finding shelter inside a tin can]

    Templeton: The rat... is not... uh, uh, enjoying this! All this for slop? The rat is desperate. The rat is trapped. The rat needs to stop calling himself "the rat".

  • Wilbur: [about Charlotte] She's dying! She can't go home with us. So I need you to help me take her egg sac with us.

    Templeton: Did you say "eggs"?

    Wilbur: It's an egg *sac*, and it's right up there, and it has her children in it. And I can't just leave it here. What if something happened to them? Now, I can't reach it, so I need you to get it for me. And I need you to do it *now*!

    Templeton: I don't think I like your tone.

    Wilbur: Can't you just once in your life think of someone other than yourself?

    Templeton: Once? Once?

    Wilbur: Come on.

    Templeton: No, *you* come on! Who got his hindquarters pecked to make you "radiant," huh? Templeton, that's who. And who interrupted the gorging of a lifetime so you could be "humble"? Why, I think it was... Templeton! Templeton, Templeton, Tem-ple-ton! And do I get thanked? No! Well, has it ever occurred to you that even a rat might like a little appreciation? A little, dare I say, *love*?

    Wilbur: Do it and you'll get dibs on my slop for the rest of my life.

    Templeton: Done.