Then she put on her prettiest dress because she knew she would see boys at the Fair.
Mrs. Arable scrubbed the back of Avery's neck, and wet his hair, and parted it,
and brushed it down hard till it stuck to the top of his head—all but about six hairs that stood straight up.
Avery put on clean underwear, clean blue jeans, and a clean shirt.
Mr. Arable dressed, ate breakfast, and then went out and polished his truck.
He had offered to drive everybody to the Fair, including Wilbur.
Bright and early, Lurvy put clean straw in Wilbur's crate and lifted it into the pigpen.
The crate was green. In gold letters it said: ZUCKERMAN'S FAMOUS PIG
Charlotte had her web looking fine for the occasion. Wilbur ate his breakfast slowly.
He tried to look radiant without getting food in his ears. In the kitchen, Mrs. Zuckerman suddenly made an announcement.
“Homer,” she said to her husband, “I am going to give that pig a buttermilk bath.”
“A what?” said Mr. Zuckerman. “A buttermilk bath. My grandmother used to bathe her pig with buttermilk when it got dirtyI just remembered.”
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