The Strange But True Stories Behind Your Favorite Childhood Books

E.B. White Let Spiders Take Over His House

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E.B. White got the idea for Charlotte’s Web after letting hundreds of spiders hatch in his home and spin webs wherever they wanted. He found a spider’s egg sac in a barn, put it in a matchbox and poked holes in the matchbox.

When the spiders hatched, they escaped through the holes and spun webs all over his personal belongings. His cleaning lady wasn’t too happy about any of this.