Charlotte's Web - Chapter Twenty Two - Warm Wind

<p>Wilbur has indeed been saved from slaughter and spends a quiet winter watching over the egg sac. In the spring, as the weather warms up, the spiders hatch one by one and take off. Wilbur begs them to stay and be his friends. He persuades three to stay and they do. Year after year he makes new friends with each generation and always two or three stay to keep him company and be his friends. And they live happily ever after in the barn like that.</p>