TWIGMAN MEETS A NEW ANIMAL

LEAFY TWIG SENT HER SON KNOBBY TO THE STORE TO BUY A DOZEN EGGS. SHE TOLD HIM TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT DROP THEM. HE SHOULD HAVE WALKED BUT HE RODE HIS BICYCLE INSTEAD.
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ON THE WAY HOME THE BICYCLE SLIPPED ON SOME GRAVEL AND KNOBBY FELL. HE SMASHED HALF OF THE EGGS.

WHEN HE TOLD LEAFY WHAT HAPPENED SHE SAID, "YOU KNEW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE NOT RIDDEN YOUR BICYCLE. WHY DID YOU DO IT?" KNOBBY SAID, "SOMETHING MADEMEDOIT". LEAFY SAID NO MORE.

THE NEXT DAY THORNY WAS PLAYING WITH HIS AXE. TWIGMAN TOLD HIM DO NOT CUT ANY TREE NEAR TO THE HOUSE. FOR SOME REASON THORNY DID NOT MIND HIS FATHER AND HE CUT A TREE IN THE FRONT YARD.

WHEN TWIGMAN SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE HE ASKED, "WHY DID YOU CUT THAT NICE TREE IN OUR FRONT YARD?" THORNY SAID, "SOMETHING MADEMEDOIT". TWIGMAN WAS ANGRY BUT SAID NO MORE.

LATER FUZZY WAS PLAYING WITH THE SEWING SCISSORS. LEAFY TOLD HER TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO CUT HER HAIR. SHE DID NOT LISTEN. SHE CUT A BIG CHUNK FROM HER HAIR. IT LOOKED FUNNY. WHEN LEAFY ASKED HER WHY SHE HAD CUT HER HAIR, FUZZY SAID, "SOMETHING MADEMEDOIT".

TWIGMAN DID NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS MADMEDOIT THAT HIS CHILDREN WERE ALWAYS USING FOR AN EXCUSE. ONE DAY HE MET A STRANGE CREATURE IN THE WOODS VERY CLOSE TO HIS HOUSE. HE ASKED THE CREATURE WHAT KIND OF AN ANIMAL HE WAS. THE CREATURE SAID, "I AM A MADEMEDOIT." TWIGMAN SAID, "DON'T TELL ME. LET ME GUESS. YOUR FIRST NAME IS SOMETHING." THE CREATURE LOUDLY SAID, "BINGO! MY NAME IS SOMETHING MADEMEDOIT. HOW DID YOU GUESS. TWIGMAN SAID, "I HAVE HEARD ABOUT YOU MANY TIMES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO MY HOUSE. SOMETHING MADEMEDOIT SAID HE WOULD NOT LIKE THAT BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE VERY CLOSE IN CASE HE WAS NEED FOR AN EXCUSE.