KNOBBY TWIG WANTS A DOG

THE TWIGMAN FAMILY HAD MANY ANIMAL FRIENDS BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE A DOG. KNOBBY TWIG WANTED A DOG. HE BEGGED HIS MOTHER FOR PERMISSION TO GET A DOG. HE SAID, “PLEASE, MAMMA, IF ONLY I CAN HAVE A DOG I WILL FEED IT AND WATER IT AND BRUSH IT AND TRAIN IT. I WILL DO EVERY THING FOR IT AND IT WILL BE NO TROUBLE.”

THE MOTHER DOG WHO BELONGED TO A NEIGHBOR FAMILY HAD SOME NEW PUPPIES. KNOBBY WANTED ONE OF THE PUPPIES. A SPOTTED ONE.

LEAFY TWIG DECIDED TO GET THE SPOTTED PUPPY FOR KNOBBY ON HIS BIRTHDAY. KNOBBY WAS SO HAPPY HE TURNED HAND SPRINGS. HE NAMED THE PUPPY SPOT.

IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE THORNY TWIG FOUND HIS BALL GLOVE HAD BEEN CHEWED BY THE PUPPY. HE TOLD KNOBBY ABOUT IT AND KNOBBY SAID HE WAS SORRY AND THORNY COULD HAVE HIS.

A FEW MORE DAYS AND FUZZY TWIG FOUND THAT SPOT HAD CHEWED HER BARBIE DOLL. KNOBBY SAID HE WAS SORRY AND WOULD BUY HER A NEW ONE WITH MONEY FROM HIS ALLOWANCE.

IT WAS NOT LONG UNTIL KNOBBY WOULD FORGET TO FEED AND WATER SPOT EVEN THOUGH HE LOVED HIM. TWIGMAN GAVE HIM FOOD AND WATER.

TWIGMAN LIKED SPOT AND SO DID ALL THE REST OF THE FAMILY SO TWIGMAN DID NOT MIND TAKING CARE OF THE PUPPY.

ONE DAY WHEN KNOBBY FORGOT TO FEED AND WATER SPOT TWIGMAN TOLD HIM IF HE FORGOT ONE MORE TIME THAT SPOT WOULD NOT BE HIS DOG ANY MORE AND HE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EAT HIS SUPPER IF HE DID NOT FEED SPOT.

KNOBBY PROMISED HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF SPOT BUT ONE DAY HE FORGOT AND TWIGMAN DID NOT LET HIM HAVE HIS SUPPER THAT DAY. BUT HE DID NOT TAKE SPOT AWAY FROM HIM. HE NEVER FORGOT TO FEED SPOT AGAIN.