9Taking An Active Role
Prologue
Hi guys! So I was reading Charlotte's Web and I was thinking, what happened to the strong Fern we knew at the beginning, the girl who saved Wilbur's life as a piglet? I'm surprised that she didn't take a more active role in Charlotte's plan to save Wilbur, or talk to her parents and uncle to try to save him again. So I decided to write what would happen if she did everything she could to help with Charlotte's plan instead of just taking the role of an observer.
I do not own Charlotte's Web. I only own Henry and Fern's twins, Faith and Henry Jr.
It was a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon, much too gloomy for six year old twins, Faith Fussy and Henry Fussy Jr. to go play outside. They had already played with all their toys, colored, read all the books that held their interest, and watched as much TV as their mom would let them and they were bored. Very, very bored. So they decided to play in the attic and find the dusty treasures of many years past.
Up in the attic, Faith twirled around in one of her mother's old dresses, while Henry played with one of his father's model airplanes while running around making airplane noises. Henry was not watching where he was going very well and tripped over a small cardboard box, falling to the ground with a cry. Faith heard him and rushed over, nearly tripping herself. "Are you okay, Henry?" she cried.
"I'm fine, Faith. What's this?" Henry said, pointing to the box. "It's a box." Faith replied. Henry rolled his eyes at his twin. "I knew THAT, stupid. I meant, what's IN the box!" "Don't call me stupid, meanie-head!" Faith yelled. Curiosity soon overcame the argument, and they opened the box. Inside were a few miracles, one reading Miracle At Zuckerman Farm showing the picture of a spider web with the word Terrific and another article reading, Zuckerman's Famous Pig Wins Special Award At County Fair which contained a picture of a judge placing a blue ribbon on a small pig. At the bottom of the box laid a faded blue ribbon.
A few minutes later, Faith and Henry came downstairs and entered the living room, carrying the box between them. Their mom was on the couch reading, and their dad was working on paperwork at his desk. Both looked up and smiled as the twins walked in. "What have you two got there?" their mom asked cheerfully, putting down her book. "We found this in the attic, Mommy." Faith said, reaching into the box and handing her mom the articles. Her mom looked at them with a small smile upon her face. "Mommy, is this one of Uncle Zuckerman's pigs?" "Mommy, what was the miracle at Uncle Zuckerman's farm?" "Mommy, why does that spider web say 'Terrific'?" Mommy…"
"Slow down!" their mother laughed. "So you two want to hear the story of the miracle at Uncle Zuckerman's farm?" Both twins nodded eagerly. "Well, I for one, want to hear it too." their father said jovially. "Your mother never did tell ME the story, always refused whenever I asked." Their mother playfully mock-glared at her husband, then pulled the twins onto her lap.
"Now this miracle is not like any other miracle you've ever heard of. Not a miracle of the kind the people who wrote these newspapers thought, but a miracle that's even stronger, one caused by a friendship that lasts forever. And like all miracles, this one begins with a story. And this story is about a little pig named Wilbur, and the girl and spider that would do anything to save him."
