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“That pig is radiant” (5). Radiant means “sending out light, shining, and glowing brightly.” Wilbur himself isn’t radiant, but the word Charlotte wove into the

“Terrific!” breathed Zuckerman.4 Just as we read of Zuckerman’s enthusiastic admiration for Wilbur in this story, so does our God joyfully admire us. We are

“It’s the pig that’s unusual” (2). Wilbur needs a miracle. Charlotte performs four of them: four words that not only secure his future but shape

“Well, you’re a good little pig, and radiant you shall be.”1  Wilbur imitates Charlotte by trying to weave a web but discovers he’s ill- equipped.

  “If they would hang head-down at the top of the thing and wait quietly, maybe something good would come along.”   Charlotte exercises emotional boundaries by

   “I’m just telling you the facts” (7). Outwardly Fern seems to be a quiet, uncomplaining child. Although she obeys her mother and sets the

 “With New Radiant Action” (6). After racing around, jumping into the air, touching the ground with his ears, and doing a backflip with a half

 “I knew you wouldn’t forsake me just when I need you most” (7). For a time, Wilbur doesn’t know if Charlotte will go with him

“Lurvy felt week…’I’m seeing things.’” Lurvy is the first to see the miracle. He experiences shock as he observes a wonder his mind does not,

Watch for the coming of wonders. Wonders abound as Charlotte’s plan unfolds. The minister can’t explain the wonders of the worded webs, but he exhorts