LEAFY TWIG BAKES A PIE

TWIGMAN HAD A VERY NICE LITTLE PEACH TREE IN HIS ORCHARD. IT WAS NOT VERY BIG BUT IT HAD LOTS OF BIG JUICY PEACHES ON IT.

WHEN THE PEACHES WERE RIPE TWIGMAN, THORNY AND KNOBBY PICKED THEM. FUUZZY WAS TO SMALL TO PICK BUT SHE HELPED BY BRINGING EMPTY BASKETS TO HER FATHER AND BROTHERS.

THE TWIGMAN FAMILY HAD ENOUGH PEACHES TO LAST ALL WINTER WHEN THEY PUT THEM IN THE FREEZER BUT LEAFY DECIDED TO BAKE A PIE WITH SOME FRESH PEACHES FOR THE FAMILY TO EAT FOR DESSERT THAT EVENING.

THE PIE SMELLED DELICIOUS WHILE IT WAS BAKING AND IT CAME OUT OF THE OVEN VERY HOT. LEAFY SAT IT ON THE WINDOW SILL TO COOL. SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SAFE.

SHE WAS WRONG. A TRAMP WHO WAS HUNGRY CAME WALKING PAST THE TWIGMAN HOUSE. HE SAW THE PIE ON THE WINDOW SILL. THE TRAMP GRABBED THE PIE AND RAN. TWIGMAN SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE AND BEGAN TO CHASE AFTER HIM.

WHEN TWIGMAN CAUGHT HIM THE PIE WAS DROPPED AND BROKE. IT WAS LOST IN THE DIRT. TWIGMAN WAS VERY ANGRY AT FIRST BUT WHEN HE REALIZED THE TRAMP WAS VERY HUNGRY TWIGMAN INVITED HIM BACK TO HIS HOME FOR SUPPER.

LEAFY TWIG UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE TRAMP BEING HUNGRY AND SHE HAD HIM SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE FAMILY WHILE THEY ALL ATE. BUT THERE WAS NOT TIME TO BAKE ANOTHER PIE.

THERE WAS NO PIE FOR DESSERT SO THEY HAD A BIG BOWL OF FRESH SLICED PEACHES WITH SUGAR AND CREAM FOR DESSERT.