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kept quiet about them. One morning Wilbur asked her about the Fair.
"You're going with me, aren't you, charlotte?" he said.
"Well, I don't know," replied Charlotte. "The Fair comes at a bad time for me. I shall find it inconvenient to leave home, even for a few days."
"Why?" asked Wilbur.
"Oh, I just don't feel like leaving my web. Too much going on around here."
"Please come with me!" begged Wilbur. "I need you, Charlotte. I can't stand going to the Fair without you. You've just got to come."
"No," said charlotte, "I believe I'd better stay home and see if I can't get some work done."
"What kind of work?" asked Wilbur.
"Egg laying. It's time I made an egg sac and filled it with eggs."
"I didn't know you could lay eggs," said Wilbur in amazement.
"Oh, sure," said the spider. "I'm versatile."
"What does 'versatile' mean--full of eggs?" asked Wilbur.
"Certainly not," said Charlotte. "'Versatile' means I can turn with ease from one thing to another. I can turn with ease from one thing to another. It means I don't have to limit my activities to spinning and trapping and stunts like that."
"Why don't you come with me to the Fair Grounds and lay your eggs there?"