TWIGMAN MEETS SPACEMAN

IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY. AFTER A HARD DAY OF PLAY PLUS AN EVENING OF GREAT FIREWORKS, ALL THE TWIG CHILDREN WERE IN BED ASLEEP WHEN SOMETHING WOKE UP FUZZY. SHE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT ON THE FRONT LAWN.

FUZZY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE LIGHT WAS BUT SHE WAS AFRAID AND SHE RAN TO TELL HER FATHER. SHE CRIED, "DADDY! DADDY! THERE IS A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD." TWIGMAN SAID, "YOU MUST HAVE HAD A BAD DREAM. GO BACK TO SLEEP." FUZZY PLEADED, "DADDY! PLEASE LOOK! I AM SCARED." BY THIS TIME KNOBBY AND THORNY WERE AWAKE AND KNOBBY SAID, "FUZZY, YOU ARE ALWAYS SCARED."

TWIGMAN DECIDED TO LOOK JUST TO PLEASE FUZZY AND CALM HER DOWN. HE WAS AMAZED AT WHAT HE SAW. A SPACE SHIP HAD LANDED IN HIS FRONT YARD.

BY THE TIME TWIGMAN AND HIS FAMILY GOT TO THE SPACE SHIP A VERY STRANGE CREATURE HAD CLIMBED OUT OF IT. IT HAD FOUR ARMS AND THREE EYES AND TWO THINGS ON ITS HEAD WHICH LOOKED LIKE MECHANICAL HORNS. IT WAS STRANGE THE CREATURE SPOKE PERFECT ENGLISH AND HE SAID, "DO NOT BE AFRAID. WE WILL NOT HARM YOU." TWIGMAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE NOT SURE.

TWIGMAN ASKED WHY THEY HAD LANDED AND THE SPACEMAN TOLD HIM THEY WERE FLYING LOW AND MANY SKY ROCKETS AND AERIAL BOMBS WERE ATTACKING THEM. THEY LANDED HERE DEEP IN THE FOREST TO ESCAPE BEFORE THEY WERE SHOT DOWN. THEY HAD NOT BEEN HIT. TWIGMAN EXPLAINED THE ROCKETS AND BOMBS WERE JUST A CELEBRATION OF HIS NATIONS BIRTHDAY AND THEY WERE NOT MEANT TO HARM THE SPACE SHIP.

WHEN THE SPACE MAN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FOURTH OF JULY HE WAS NOT AFRAID ANY MORE. HE SAID GOOD BYE TO ALL THE TWIGMAN FAMILY, GOT INTO HIS SPACE SHIP AND FLEW AWAY. TWIGMAN TOLD HIS FAMILY TO NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE THINGS WHICH HAPPENED THIS NIGHT. HE SAID, "IF WE DO, THEY WILL THINK WE ARE ALL CRAZY." THE FAMILY AGREED BUT THEY ALL HAD A HARD TIME GOING BACK TO SLEEP.