TWIGMAN FAMILY AIRBOAT RIDE

TWIGMAN AND LEAFY TWIG DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN ON A VACATION TRIP TO FLORIDA. IN FLORIDA THEY WANTED TO TAKE AN AIR BOAT RIDE IN THE SWAMP.

THEY SAW LOTS OF BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS AS THE BOAT CARRIED THEM OVER SHALLOW WATER AND GRASS. THEY WERE REALLY HAVING FUN.

KNOBBY AND THORNY WANTED SOME EXCITEMENT AND ASKED THE DRIVER IF HE COULD TAKE THEM TO SEE AN ALLIGATOR. HE TOLD THEM IT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS. LEAFY TWIG SAID THEY SHOULD NOT GO. THORNY AND KNOBBY WANTED TO GO BUT FUZZY SAID, "I'M SCARED!" KNOBBY SAID, "FUZZY, YOU ALWAYS SAY YOU'RE SCARED." THORNY SAID, “YEAH!” TWIGMAN SAID OK, WE WILL GO. LEAFY SAID, “I DON'T LIKE IT.”

THEY CAME TO A PLACE WHERE AN ALLIGATOR WAS SLEEPING IN THE SUN. HE WAS WARMING HIMSELF AFTER A NIGHT OF HUNTING FOOD IN THE WATER. THE BOAT DRIVER DID NOT GET VERY CLOSE SO KNOBBY AND THORNY ASKED HIM TO GET CLOSER. THE DRIVER SAID OK BUT THEY MUST NOT DO ANYTHING TO DISTURB THE ANIMAL AND HE CAME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

HE TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT THE ALLIGATOR AND JUST AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE GATOR WOKE UP AND CHARGED THE AIRBOAT. THE DRIVER GUNNED THE ENGINE AND SPED AWAY JUST AS THE GATOR SNAPPED HIS JAWS BARELY BEHIND THE BOAT.

WHEN THE FAMILY WAS BACK AT THE BOAT DOCK, LEAFY SAID, "I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD NOT GO SEE THE ALIGATOR AND WE WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN. THORNY AND KNOBBY SAID, "ONCE IS ENOUGH!" FUZZY SAID, "I WAS SCARED."