Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Newberry Honor CHARLOTTE’S WEB Copyright@ 1952 by E. B. White Text copyright@ renewed 1980 by E. B. White Illustrations copyright renewed 1980 by Garth Williams Chapter 1 Before Breakfast “WHERE’S Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out…
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Ray Bradbury – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Prologue
Prologue “First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren’t rare. But there be bad and good, as the pirates say. Take September, a bad month: school begins. Consider August, a good month: school hasn’t begun yet. July, well, July’s really fine: there’s no chance in the world…