TWIGMAN MEETS ANOTHER STRANGE CREATURE

TWIGMAN WAS WORKING IN THE FOREST ONE DAY WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE COMING TOWARD HIM. HE DID NOT KNOW IF HE SHOULD BE AFRAID.

SOON THE CREATURE THAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE TWIGMAN WAS WORKING. TWIGMAN STILL DID NOT KNOW IF HE SHOULD BE AFRAID BUT HE DECIDED TO STAY CALM AND ASK THE CREATURE WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL HE WAS. THE CREATURE SAID HE WAS NOT AN ANIMAL. HE WAS AN ELLEMENOPEE.

TWIGMAN SAID TO HIM, "WHAT IS AN ELLEMENOPEE AND WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?" THE ELLEMENOPEE SAID HE ESCAPED FROM THE SCHOOL. HE HAD BEEN PART OF AN ALPHABET CARPET. THE CHILDREN WALKED ON HIM. THEY SAT ON HIM WITH THEIR LITTLE BEHINDS. IT WAS TERRIBLE.

TWIGMAN ASKED HOW HE ESCAPED AND THE ELLEMENOPEE TOLD HIM HE WAITED FOR HIS CHANCE. THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN THE PLAY GROUND. THE TEACHERS WERE WITH THEM AND HE JUST RAN OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR. HE WAS NEVER GOING BACK.

TWIGMAN SAID, "I HAVE TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE SCHOOL." THE ELLEMENOPEE SAID, "NEVER!" AND THEN TWIGMAN EXPLAINED THE CHILDREN COULD NOT SPELL IMPORTANT WORDS WITHOUT THE ELLEMENOPEE. WORDS LIKE LUNCH, AND MOTHER, AND NICE, AND ORANGE AND PLAY.

THE ELLEMENOPEE DECIDED TWIGMAN WAS RIGHT. THE LITTLE FEET AND THE LITTLE BEHINDS WERE REALLY NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE IMPORTANT JOB HE HAD TO DO. HE WOULD LEARN TO LOVE THE LITTLE FEET AND THE LITTLE BACK SIDES AND HE WAVED GOOD BYE TO TWIGMAN AS HE WENT BACK INTO THE SCHOOL TO BE A PART OF THE ALPHABET CARPET AGAIN.