THORNY TWIG AND THE PURPLE FOOTED GHOST

TWIGMAN HAD A NICE GRAPE ARBOR WHERE HE GREW LOTS OF PURPLE GRAPES THAT WERE DELICIOUS TO EAT.

HE GREW MORE GRAPES THAN THE FAMILY COULD EAT SO EVERY YEAR THE FAMILY WOULD MAKE GRAPE JUICE WITH THE EXTRA GRAPES. ONE DAY THEY FINISHED PICKING THE GRAPES TOO LATE IN THE DAY TO MAKE THE JUICE SO THEY LEFT THEM OUT IN THE YARD IN BIG TUBS. THEY WOULD MAKE THE GRAPE JUICE THE NEXT DAY.

THAT NIGHT, WHEN ALL THE TWIG CHILDREN WERE FAST ASLEEP, A NOISE WOKE THORNY AND HE SAT UP IN BED. HE HEARD, SQUEEESH, SQUISH, SQUEEESH, SQUISH.

HE WOKE KNOBBY AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE NOISE. THEY BOTH HEARD SQUEEESH, SQUISH, SQUEEESH, SQUISH. THORNY SAID, "LET'S GO OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT IS MAKING THAT NOISE."

KNOBBY SAID, "I AM NOT GOING OUTSIDE! IT MIGHT BE A GHOST!" SO THORNY WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS MAKING THAT SQUEESH, SQUISH, SQUEEESH, SQUISH. IT WAS A GHOST! HE WAS STANDING IN A GRAPE TUB STOMPING GRAPES! SQUEEESH, SQUISH, SQUEEESH, SQUISH.

WHEN THE GHOST SAW THORNY HE JUMPED OUT OF THE GRAPE TUB AND STARTED TOWARD HIM. HIS FEET WERE PURPLE FROM THE GRAPE JUICE.

THORNY STARTED TO RUN AND THE PURPLE FOOTED GHOST RAN AFTER HIM.

WHEN THORNY GOT SO TIRED HE COULD NOT RUN ANY MORE HE GAVE UP AND SAT DOWN ON A LOG. HE WOULD HAVE TO LET THE PURPLE FOOTED GHOST GET HIM. BUT THE PURPLE FOOTED GHOST DID NOT HARM THORNY. HE JUST TOLD THORNY ABOUT BEING A GRAPE STOMPER WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND THANKED HIM FOR A CHANCE TO ENJOY HIS OLD WORK. THE PURPLE FOOTED GHOST DISAPPEARED.

THORNY DECIDED TO TELL NO ONE ABOUT THIS GHOST BECAUSE HE THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HIM BUT THE NEXT DAY WHEN THEY WENT TO MAKE THE GRAPE JUICE, ALL THE GRAPES IN THAT ONE TUB HAD BEEN TURNED INTO JUICE.