Charlotte's Web (1973)
Martha Scott: Mrs. Arable
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Quotes
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Fern Arable : [Enters kitchen and puts eggs on the kitchen counter] Here are the eggs, Mama.
Mrs. Arable : [Flipping pancakes] Thank you, Fern.
Fern Arable : What's Papa gonna do with that axe?
Mrs. Arable : [Poors more batter on pancake griddle] Some pigs were born last night.
Fern Arable : What does he need an axe for?
Mrs. Arable : One of the pigs was a runt, so your father has to do away with it.
Fern Arable : Do away with it? You, you mean, kill it?
Mrs. Arable : Well, yes.
Fern Arable : [shocked] Just because it's smaller than the others?
Mrs. Arable : Don't yell, Fern. The pig'll probably die, anyway.
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Fern Arable : Papa, did you know that Uncle Homer's goslings have hatched?
Arable : No, how many?
Fern Arable : 7. There were 8 eggs, but 1 egg didn't hatch. And the goose told Templeton that he could have it.
Mrs. Arable : The goose did what?
Fern Arable : Told Templeton that she didn't want the egg anymore.
Mrs. Arable : Who's Templeton?
Fern Arable : He's a rat. None of us like him much.
Mrs. Arable : Who's "us"?
Fern Arable : Oh, everybody in the barn cellar. Wilbur, and the sheep, and the lambs, and goose, and Charlotte, and me.
Mrs. Arable : Charlotte? Who's Charlotte?
Fern Arable : Wilbur's friend. Oh, she's terribly clever.
Mrs. Arable : What does she look like?
Fern Arable : Well, she has 8 legs, and catches flies so she can drink their blood. Wilbur adores her.
Mrs. Arable : Fern, stop inventing these wild tales.
Fern Arable : Oh, I'm not inventing. I'm just telling the facts.