Charlotte’s Web Meet the Characters

Charlotte A Spider Charlotte is cool and collected. She is practical, beautiful and skilled.

Templeton Templeton is the rat that lives under Wilbur's trough. Crafty and selfish, he collects and stores bizarre odds and ends and is happy to dig a tunnel to Wilbur's trough and eat his food but never offers to give anything in return.

Lamb The young and insensitive lamb refuses to play with Wilbur when he's lonely Completely sure of himself, the lamb thinks he knows better than Wilbur

Goose This stuttering goose likes giving instructions and is a bit of a trouble maker. She is an attentive mother however and is keen to protect her eggs from the harsh weather. She is suspicious of Templeton

Mr. Arable Fern’s Dad He is a practical man who has lost any sentimental feelings for the animals he keeps

Fern Fern is completely loving and, at the beginning of the novel, totally innocent. She is a moralist who saves Wilbur's life by arguing with her father that a small piglet has just as much right to live a large piglet. Enjoys listening to Charlotte's stories and spending time with the animals

Wilbur Sensitive and vulnerable, Wilbur is born a runt When he is then taken from Fern, he is very lonely until he finds love when he meets Charlotte.

Mr. ZuCkerman Mr Zuckerman is Fern's uncle. The owner of a large farm down the road from the Arable's. Mr Zuckerman raises pigs and buys Wilbur for six dollars.