摘要
这些文字彻底改变了威尔伯的命运,让威尔伯在集市的大赛上赢得特别奖,保障了一个安享天年的未来。但在这时,夏洛的生命也走到了尽头……“可能有一点点累吧。但是我感到很满足。你今早在裁判场上的成功,在很小的程度上,也可以算是我的成功。你的将来没危险了。你会无忧无虑地活下去的,威尔伯。现在没什么能伤害你了。这个秋天会变短,也会变冷。叶子们也会从树上摇落的。圣诞节会来,然后就是飘飘的冬雪。你将活着看到那个美丽的冰雪世界,因为你对朱克曼有很重要的意义,他再也不会想伤害你了。冬天将过去,白天又会变长,草场池塘里的冰也会融化的。百灵鸟又会回来唱歌,青蛙也将醒来,又会吹起暖暖的风。所有这些美丽的景色,所有这些动听的声音,所有这些好闻的气味,都将等着你去欣赏呢,威尔伯--这个可爱的世界,这些珍贵的日子……”
“A little tired,perhaps.But I feel peaceful.Your success in the ring this morning was,to a small degree,my success.Your future is 1)assured.You will live,secure and safe,Wilbur.Nothing can harm you now.These autumn days will shorten and grow cold.The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall.Christmas will come,then the snows of winter.You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world,for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you,ever.Winter will pass,the days will lengthen,the ice will melt in the pasture pond.The song sparrow will return and sing,the frogs will awake,and the warm wind will blow again.All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy,Wilbur-this lovely world,these precious days…”
