Паутина Шарлотты: Новый дом

Doesn't that feel good?

ˈdəzənt ðət fil gʊd?

Fern, I'm really sorry, honey, but it's been long enough.

fərn, əm ˈrɪli ˈsɑri, ˈhəni, bət ɪts bɪn lɔŋ ɪˈnəf.

What?

wət?

Look, he's not a baby anymore. I can't have you keeping what will soon be a 300-pound pet around the house.

lʊk, hiz nɑt ə ˈbeɪbi ˌɛniˈmɔr. aɪ kænt hæv ju ˈkipɪŋ wət wɪl sun bi ə 300-pound pɛt əraʊnd ðə haʊs.

No. Can't he stay in the barn? Please, Dad?

noʊ. kænt hi steɪ ɪn ðə bɑrn? pliz, dæd?

No.

noʊ.

Please?

pliz?

No. Fern, look. You know I've been selling the animals to get the new harvesting equipment. Pretty soon there's going to be no place in the barn for a pig.

noʊ. fərn, lʊk. ju noʊ aɪv bɪn ˈsɛlɪŋ ðə ˈænəməlz tɪ gɪt ðə nu ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ ɪkˈwɪpmənt. ˈprɪti sun ðɛrz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi noʊ pleɪs ɪn ðə bɑrn fər ə pɪg.

I promised I'd take care of him.

aɪ ˈprɑməst aɪd teɪk kɛr əv ɪm.

Well, I'm letting you out of your promise.

wɛl, əm ˈlɛtɪŋ ju aʊt əv jʊr ˈprɑməs.

I didn't promise you. I promised Wilbur.

aɪ ˈdɪdənt ˈprɑməs ju. aɪ ˈprɑməst ˈwɪlbər.

What about Homer? He has animals.

wət əˈbaʊt ˈhoʊmər? hi həz ˈænəməlz.

Uncle Homer?

ˈəŋkəl ˈhoʊmər?

I'm sure he could make room for a pig.

əm ʃʊr hi kʊd meɪk rum fər ə pɪg.

Yeah.

jæ.

He'd be right across the road.

hid bi raɪt əˈkrɔs ðə roʊd.

Fern had walked across the road to her uncle's barn hundreds of times before, but it had never felt so far away. It was just a big red barn full of typical stuff.

fərn hæd wɔkt əˈkrɔs ðə roʊd tɪ hər ˈəŋkəlz bɑrn ˈhənərdz əv taɪmz ˌbiˈfɔr, bət ɪt hæd ˈnɛvər fɛlt soʊ fɑr əˈweɪ. ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ə bɪg rɛd bɑrn fʊl əv ˈtɪpɪkəl stəf.

Come to think of it, it couldn't have been more ordinary. But sometimes, when you take two ordinary things and put them together at just the right time, there's a

kəm tɪ θɪŋk əv ɪt, ɪt ˈkʊdənt hæv bɪn mɔr ˈɔrdəˌnɛri. bət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz, wɪn ju teɪk tu ˈɔrdəˌnɛri θɪŋz ənd pʊt ðɛm təˈgɛðər æt ʤɪst ðə raɪt taɪm, ðɛrz ə

chance they'll become two less ordinary things.

ʧæns ðɛl bɪˈkəm tu lɛs ˈɔrdəˌnɛri θɪŋz.

That runty pig, for instance, and that big old smelly barn. One sniff, and you knew it was a place full of living things.

ðət runty pɪg, fər ˈɪnstəns, ənd ðət bɪg oʊld sˈmɛli bɑrn. wən snɪf, ənd ju nu ɪt wɑz ə pleɪs fʊl əv ˈlɪvɪŋ θɪŋz.

But that didn't necessarily mean it was full of life. Nope. For that, this barn needed a pig. Only no one knew it yet.

bət ðət ˈdɪdənt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli min ɪt wɑz fʊl əv laɪf. noʊp. fər ðət, ðɪs bɑrn ˈnidɪd ə pɪg. ˈoʊnli noʊ wən nu ɪt jɛt.

Don't be afraid. You'll be okay. I'll come see you every day. I'll be around so much you'll be sick of me. I love you.

doʊnt bi əˈfreɪd. jul bi ˌoʊˈkeɪ. aɪl kəm si ju ˈɛvəri deɪ. aɪl bi əraʊnd soʊ məʧ jul bi sɪk əv mi. aɪ ləv ju.

Avery, the bus is here! Did you remember your sister's lunch?

ˈeɪvəri, ðə bəs ɪz hir! dɪd ju rɪˈmɛmbər jʊr ˈsɪstərz lənʧ?

Got it!

gɑt ɪt!