Spinning New Endings to Charlotte's Web

The third grade classes read Charlotte's Web to finish up the school year. At the end of the book, Wilbur befriends Charlotte's three daughters: Aranea, Nellie, and Joy. As a final project, each student wrote an additional chapter that they think should be added to the end of the story.  Each student chose one of the daughters to focus on for their final chapter. We hope you notice the students' excellent use of their latest grammar skill--quotation marks! We may have some Newberry Award winners among us!

Inspired

By: Natalie

            Joy was just sitting thinking about her mom (Charlotte), What was she like?  What did she do for fun? She heard the story but she wondered.  Just then she got an idea .She crawled over to her sisters, Aranea & Nellie. “I got an idea," Joy said. "You know how our mom invented web writing, well I going to make a web.” So for the rest of the night they were working. That morning Wilbur looked up and saw 3 webs that said Joy, Aranea and Nellie. The people were amazed. They thought a new creature had came.  Mr. Zuckerman had spread the news, "A new creature had came and look inside the tunnel to see try to solve the riddle.”  He made lots of money.

Joy the Lifesaver

By: Isabel

"Wilbur!" Joy cried.

"What is it?" he said.

"I heard Mr. Zuckerman say he was gonna kill you if you got too fat."

"Why?" and Wilbur started to sob.

"Don't worry I have a plan."Joy said.

The next morning Joy had written on the web, but Wilbur didn't notice. But Zuckerman did.  He told his wife about the web and asked what to do.  Mrs. Zuckerman said "We should let him live."  Mr. Zuckerman was sad but happy that he had an extraordinary pig.

I'm In Trouble

By: Brandon

            Wilbur and the other 3 spiders woke up. Wilbur was still thinking about Charlotte. Nellie went out to catch some food. She saw Lurvy & Zuckerman talking. They said, "We should get rid of those 3 spiders." She rushed back home to tell them the news. So she got home & told the others. Wilbur was frightened because he didn't want Charlotte's children to die. So the next day they went out to stop Zuckerman. They scared him & he got the heck out of there, and that was the last they saw of him. So they all went back home. Nellie was brave to tell the family about Zuckerman. Even though she didn't get an award she will always be a hero.

Aranea vs The Gosling

By: Rahil

            One cold night on the farm all the animals were asleep except for Aranea. She had nothing to do. So she took a walk, when one of the goslings woke up. ''Spidey- idey-idey!'' she yelled. Aranea got spooked and ran back to the web, but the bird followed. The goose chased her until they reached Fern's house. Aranea went through a window. The goose went through the doggy door. The Arables screamed. Avery got a water gun and squirted the gosling. During the chaos Aranea snuck out. She finally felt safe.

Adventures of Nellie

By: Eden

            Nellie was at the farm time after time! She met new friends, but one person she didn't like was the goose. Nellie said to Wilbur, "Goose gets annoyed because she worked so hard on hatching her eggs. Sometimes I pretend she is not there,'' said Nellie. Wilbur said,'' Tell me about it.'' “Why is it so quiet?" said Nellie. “Well it is the evening and most animals like me like to take a little nap,'' said Wilbur. “Well then I want to take a nap too,” said Nellie. So they went to sleep. Zuckerman said, “Come out! They look so cute.'' Mrs. Zuckerman came and she said, ''They sound like a baby sheep.” Lurvy said, ”Shhh” to Mrs. Zuckerman. So they all went to sleep.

The Newborn Spider

By: Bailey

 When Joy came down from the web she asked Wilbur, ”Would you like to explore with me?” Wilbur said, “Yes. When are we leaving?'' Joy said, "Tomorrow''. When it was tomorrow they were about to leave until Joy said, ''What about the farmers?" Wilbur said, “They are on vacation.'' So they left the farm and they put Aranea and Nellie in charge. They were walking for miles until they ended up on an airplane to Florida. Joy said, "Wilbur did you pack my flies?" He said, ''Yes.'' It took 4 hours to get there. When they landed Joy and Wilbur found a place to rest. The next morning they woke up and found a field to play in. While Wilbur was playing in the

field Joy built a web in an abandoned farm. When they were tired they went to a fly factory to get some food, then they caught a plane back home. When they got back he said, ''Thank you Aranea and Nellie for watching the farm.''

Nellie and Wilbur

By: Phillip

Nellie was the spider who stayed with Wilbur. Over the years Nellie got older and went on a lot of adventures. Wilbur told Nellie he wants go with her. Nellie said, "Wilbur you need to know how to fly in this adventure." Wilbur said, "I can jump far." Nellie said, "That will do," and off they went. They went to a new mayor's farm in town. The new mayor in town saw Wilbur. He was surprised! Then he called the news reporter. She was also surprised to see a famous pig at the farm. Nellie was happy that she had a famous pig.

The New Adventure

By Drew

            One warm day at the barn yard everyone had woken up. Joy was talking to Wilbur. Then Mr.Zuckerman was coming, and they saw another pig and it was a girl. When Mr. Zuckerman got there Wilbur asked her, ''What is your name?'' She said, “My name is Jinx.'' ''Welcome,'' said Wilbur, and everyone said hello. One day at the fair, Fern hoped Henry was there. This year instead of the biggest pig, it was the pig that attracted the most people. Wilbur and Jinx won and Wilbur passed out. Templeton was eating a snowcone. But this time Wilbur woke up himself. Lurvy, instead of getting water, got slop and Lurvy wanted to get Avery back for drenching him with water, but he needed a shower. So he threw the slop on Avery. Lurvy said, ''Look at slop boy.'' Soon later Joy and Wilbur went to the orchard and Wilbur ate a big red juicy apple. Later that day lots of people looking at Wilbur, and then something weird happened. Everyone shouted, ''Earthquake!" No one was hurt so Joy and Wilbur and Jinx found a weird object. It looked like a rock, but it was huge and glowing Joy said "Wilbur." Joy saw Templeton, and he was bigger than basketball. When they were at the fair Wilbur was the smallest, but Mr. Zuckerman wasn't worried. Joy helped Wilbur win. She said radiant on her web and from that day on, Joy was thinking of characteristics to say about Wilbur.

The Old Days

By: Sarah

Aranea was having fun making pictures in webs, but then she got bored. She asked Wilbur to go to the trough. Areana asked where his food was. Templeton was even fatter than usual. He was bigger than a ball. Wilbur was thinking about Charlotte. 5 hours later the goose was having a conversation with Templeton. "Here comes Mr. Zuckerman" said Templeton."He is going to kiss him-im-im," said the goose. Wilbur was doing stunts. "Some pig," he said. He saw 3 webs . "Some webs," he said.

Nellie’s Journey to Save Wilbur

By: Jordan

Nellie was growing up in the barn. She was making a web on the barn , and suddenly, there was crying noises coming from Wilbur. Wilbur was on the ground choking. Nellie said, "Wilbur what's wrong?" Wilbur hardly said," I'm dying." "What should I do to save you Wilbur?" asked Nellie. You need to sneak in to Zuckerman’s house and get medicine so I won't die."Then Nellie rushed to Zuckerman's house, and the wind carried Nellie back to the pen. She raced to the window of Zuckerman's house again , and she made it. Nellie went into the house, and then she saw Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman eating in the kitchen. Nellie went to the bathroom, and grabbed the medicine with her webs, and put it on her back. She hurried back to the barn, and then it started to rain. Nellie could barely see Wilbur, but she saw a pink circle laying in the hay. Nellie rushed to it, and gave Wilbur the medicine. He felt better and was saved.

The Tragedy of the Fair

By: Branimir

     Every morning Wilbur played with his spider frends. One day Wilbur was getting fair he said, “Will one of you please come with me to the fair with me?” Just then Joy said, ''I would love to come'' So she hoisted herself down a silk line on her spinnerets and got into the brand new gold crate.

    At the fair everyone crowded around Wilber's crate. When the judges came they inspected him then gave a gold first place medal. When they finished Wilber went back into the crate. There he found a peach egg sack and tired Joy that said that she won't be able to see her children. Wilber was sad but he knew she was right.

     At the barn everyone was sad because of the tragedy . After a year the egg sack opened and all the babies came out, but two stayed and their names were Grace and Love.

  

By: Ashton

Aranea, Joy, and Nellie were talking to Wilbur and all four of them saw Mr. Zuckerman carrying a hammer to build a cabin. Then he saw three spider webs under Wilbur's pen. Mr. Zuckerman thought Wilbur may be frightened. Then Mr. Zuckerman wanted to hit the web then hit the spiders. “Ugh! you girls should run before Mr. Zuckerman hits your web!” said Wilbur. While Templeton was sleeping , he woke up and saw three spiders under Wilbur. Templeton said

“Yummy spiders.” Then Templeton ran past Wilbur and to the spiders. Mr. Zuckerman saw Templeton and said, “Huh? A rat, Wilbur can be scared of that too.” Mr. Zuckerman said, “Take this rat!” Kabam! Templeton said, “Ouch, marble brain." Wilbur said, “Templeton what are you doing? Are you trying to eat Joy, Nellie, and Aranea?” Templeton said, “What the heck are Joy, Nellie, and Aranea?” he said. “They're my friends." “Well too bad, I'm starving,” said Templeton.

“Huddle up spiders, we shall build a big web to trap that rat and eat and eat him.” Templeton leaped and Wilbur said, “Noooooooooo!” Then Templeton got stuck in the web. Then the three spiders ate Templeton. Mr. Zuckerman said, "What in tarnation happened here?” The three spiders saved themselves.

So Close

By: Kevin

Joy was on her way children. She saw her children and they were as filthy as a trashcan. So while Wilbur was getting his buttermilk bath she took some and placed it on her children so they could get clean. After she got some flies and they fell asleep so she pulled a piece of straw and they went to sleep. In the morning she could not find her children anywhere. So she didn't catch anything until she found her children. When she found them they were with Templeton. That furball I was so close in bed.

The Lost Spider

By: Edris

                One day, Joy saw a fly almost hit her web.  Joy was very hungry, so she jumped onto the fly.  The fly flew 1 mile away from the pig pen.  By the time the spider’s venom made the fly sleep, it was night.  When the fly slept, Joy drank its blood.  After the blood drinking, Joy wanted to know where she was, so she crawled everywhere until it was bright then she was still crawling around.  When she looked one way, she noticed that it was the wrong way.  Joy went another way.  It was no good.  Joy tried another way, and it was no better than the last.  Then she went in the last way, and she found the farm.  Wilbur wanted to know where Joy was last night, so he asked a lot of questions.

Joy’s Adventure

By: Preston

Joy was wandering outside the barn. She kept walking and then she was in the forest. Joy saw a wild fox.

The wild fox said, "What is your name?"

She said, “Joy.  What is your name?".

The wild fox said, "Spike.”

Spike asked Joy where she was from and Joy said a barn.  Joy and Spike were looking for food, but they couldn't find anything.  So Joy went to bed but Spike kept looking.  The next day Wilbur noticed Joy was missing so he went looking for her.  Spike found a deer for his food and Joy found a fly and she wrapped it and ate it.  Wilbur heard her voice and ran as fast as he could, but she didn't see him.  So Joy and Spike kept walking.  They found a pond, so Spike drank from it.  Then Joy heard a voice and she walked over and there was Wilbur.  She said, "Hi" and Joy and Wilbur went home. But Spike was upset she was leaving. So Joy stayed and they played games and Wilbur went home and before he went to bed he got some warm slop.  Joy was getting older.  By the time Wilbur was home Joy was getting older and older but she still was able to play the games.  Spike was getting sleepy and he fell asleep.  Joy had 3,000 baby spiders.  A lot of them left but at least 4 stayed to enjoy the forest.  Joy and her baby spiders went home and Wilbur got to meet them.

Aranea's birthday party

By: Mason

One year later Aranea woke up exited.  She wrapped a bee up in her web.  She was happy that today was her birthday.

She woke up Wilbur.  Joy and Nellie were going to through her a party.  She into the room and everyone yelled SURPRISE!! She was surprised.  She had fun.  They played games and had fun.

She got presents.  She got a balloon.  Night came and everyone fell asleep.

Joy’s Adventure in the New World

By Leila

Joy was playing with her sisters.  Wilbur said, “It's time to eat my slop.

And here Lurvey comes now.” 

“But I am not hungry,” said Joy.  And then a rainbow came by and Joy said, ”What's that?”

“It is a rainbow,” said Wilbur.

“I never saw one before. Well, it is beautiful, isn't it?” Joy said. “I want

I want to see the world’s things before I die.''

“Well, you have a long time til you die,” Wilbur said.

Then a big storm hit and it was a big one.  Joy flew in the air and bumped into a tree.  Wilbur had to call Templeton to get Joy.  Templeton went to get Joy.  “Joy!Joy!Joy!''said Templeton. 

“Who's Templeton,''said Joy,

''Wilbur's friend come out from where you are.''

''Here I am.'' Templeton found her and took her home.  Then Wilbur had all three children back again.