KNOBBY TWIG AND THE WATER PUDDLE

KNOBBY TWIG WAS NOT A LITTLE KID BUT HE WAS STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO ENJOY JUMPING INTO WATER PUDDLES TO MAKE A BIG SPLASH LIKE EVERY LITTLE KID.

ONE DAY HE WAS DOWN BY THE RIVER WHEN HE SAW A PUDDLE THAT LOOKED JUST RIGHT FOR JUMPING INTO.

HE JUMPED AS HIGH AS HE COULD AND CAME DOWN WITH A BIG SPLASH.

THERE WAS A BIG SURPRISE FOR HIM WHEN HE DISCOVERED UNDERNEATH THE WATER WAS SOFT GOOEY MUD AND HIS FEET SANK INTO THE MUD.

HE STRUGGLED TO GET HIS FEET FREE BUT EACH STRUGGLE JUST PULLED HIM IN DEEPER.

WHEN KNOBBY DID NOT COME HOME FOR SUPPER THE REST OF THE FAMILY WAS WORRIED AND STARTED TO SEARCH FOR HIM.

THEY SEARCHED FOR HIM ALL NIGHT AND WHEN THEY FOUND HIM THE NEXT MORNING HIS ARMS WERE STARTING TO GROW LEAVES ON THEM. HE WAS VERY SCARED. THE WET MUD WAS SO RICH HIS TWIGS HAD COME TO LIFE AND HE WAS STARTING TO TURN INTO A TREE.

WHEN TWIGMAN AND THORNY PULLED KNOBBY OUT OF THE PUDDLE HIS FEET HAD NEW ROOTS ON THEM JUST LIKE A TREE.

WHILE FUZZY WAS PLUCKING THE LEAVES FROM KNOBBY'S ARMS TWIGMAN CUT THE ROOTS OFF HIS FEET. AND YOU CAN BE SURE KNOBBY DID NOT NEVER JUMP INTO A PUDDLE AGAIN.