In E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web," Wilbur learns he is going to die from a pig named Fern's father, Mr. Arable. He tells Fern that Wilbur is just a runt and should be slaughtered. This news deeply upsets Wilbur, setting off a chain of events that leads to his friendship with Charlotte, who devises a plan to save him.
Charlotte told Wilbur that he was going to be killed and turned into bacon when winter came, upsetting him greatly.
He fainted because he found out that he was going to die.
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