"Wilbur, now you relax. I've told you that you are special and I mean it. We will take care of you now. Templeton and I have big plans because we are ambitious animals."
The next day some men came and put a big sign in the front yard, but Wilbur could only see the backside of it.
"What does it say, Charlotte?"
When Templeton returned he stammered, "It's a for sale sign, Charlotte; they are looking for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs get tax cuts, don't you know! The world doesn't have enough entrepreneurs or tax cuts."
But late that night while Charlotte slept the crickets came to Wilbur and told him what it really said. "Coming Soon! Templeton's 'Special' Pork Barbecue. It's 'Radiant!" It's Some Pig!'"
"Charlotte!" Wilbur cried, "How could you? If I could just get my hooves on you right now!"
"Don't be angry with me, Wilbur. You weren't very ambitious, were you?"
"But I was happy, Charlotte, before you and Templeton changed all the rules, and now that you're done I'm no better off than I would have been if I'd never met you!"
"That's why you're so special to us GOP arachnids, you're so trusting! That's special to us; we tell you what you want to hear and you give away the keys to the kingdom. We make promises and you never question them while we grow rich and fat and when you do ask we say, 'Be patient, yours is coming!'
"Well, now you get yours, but you can't fight the system, Wilbur. Templeton is just trying to get ahead in life, and you're going to get to help him do that. As for me, I just stay in the shadows and pull the strings. That's what GOP spiders are good at!"
"I thought you didn't like being called a spider, Charlotte?"
"No, I don't, but I am what I am. And I don't like talking with you lowly pigs, either. I only do it as long as I need to. So just shut the hell up, Wilbur!"
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