One thing I've noticed in Charlotte's Web (also throughtout childhood) was how the animals thought of Fern as an equal. I wonder how they began to think so? Was it also possible that it was Wilbur's influence? Or was it that the wise animals thought she wasn't like Mr. Arable (the one that was close to killing Wilbur) or Lurvy & Zuckerman.
I've also begun thinking whether the animals were jealous of Wilbur, because the animals told Wilbur that leaving the pen was his best choice. It may have been a nice idea, or an idea to remove the 'spring pig' and have Fern. In chapter 14, after Wilbur failed to be able to spin a web, Charlotte tried to cheer him up and said, "But cheer up, you don't need a web. Zuckerman supplies you with three big meals a day. Why should you worry about trapping food?". It sounded like Charlotte was jealous of Wilbur too, because Zuckerman supplies Wilbur, and doesn't even need any work put upon him. They also disliked Wilbur in the very beginning, because of his formality. It kind of makes me wonder what the animals' first impression of Wilbur was.
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