A warm draft of rising air blew softly through the barn cellar.33 As the warm spring air blows softly through the barn cellar, change is
Captured: Sin “A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess.”4 White describes Templeton’s debauched, ratty nature with thorough blackness: 5 “The rat had
The Lord Jesus Christ . . . will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to
“In a day or two I’ll be dead.”28 Death is an inescapable part of all our lives. Death comes in varying degrees: the departure of
“He’ll take a knife to you, my boy.”1 Wilbur dwells in enemy territory as do we. The farmers seemed so kind in feeding Wilbur, but
“I don’t want to die!”5 In his short life, Wilbur experiences great sorrow, uncertainty, and anxiety. In his intense fearfulness at his bad news (his
“I will make you a solemn promise.”38 Out of Wilbur’s deepest sorrows comes his most creative strategy. He bribes Templeton with his best offer, his
“There is no time to be lost.”1 Charlotte’s vision for saving her friend has a time limit. The fair comes in September. She has six
He was sad because his new friend was so bloodthirsty.32 Charlotte’s ways, at first untenable to Wilbur, became the means of his escape from doom. The
“Through a small window, a faint gleam appeared.One by one the stars went out . . . ‘Oh beautiful day, it is here at last’”
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