THORNY TWIG'S HAIRCUT

ONE DAY WHEN THORNY TWIG WAS IN THE FIRST GRADE AT SCHOOL HE FOUND HIS MOTHERS SCISSORS. HE WENT SNIP, SNIP, SNIP, IN THE AIR BUT SOMETHING MADE HIM WANT TO DO MORE. HE WANTED TO CUT SOMETHING. HE THOUGHT AND THOUGHT. FINALLY HE DECIDED WHAT HE WOULD DO.

HE TRIED CUTTING A PIECE OF HIS OWN HAIR. IT SEEMED TO BE FUN SO HE CUT SEVERAL MORE PIECES OF HIS HAIR BEFORE HE STOPPED AND PUT THE SCISSORS AWAY.

WHEN MOTHER LEAFY TWIG SAW THORNY,S HAIR SHE KNEW JUST WHAT HE HAD DONE AND SHE WAS VERY ANGRY. LEAFY SAID, "YOU WANT A HAIR CUT! I WILL GIVE YOU A HAIR CUT! SIT DOWN IN THIS CHAIR AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT A REAL HAIR CUT LOOKS LIKE.!" SHE CUT OFF ALL OF THORNY'S HAIR AND SAID, "NOW YOU HAVE A HAIR CUT! WE WILL SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS AT SCHOOL THINK ABOUT THIS KIND OF A HAIR CUT!"

WHEN THORNY WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY ALL THE KIDS EYES OPENED WIDE AND THEIR MOUTHS POPPED OPEN. THORNY THOUGHT FAST. HE SAID, "LOOK AT MY GREAT NEW HAIR CUT! I JUST GOT IT LAST NIGHT. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER ABOUT COMBING MY HAIR."

AFTER THE FIRST SURPRISE ALL THE GANG RUBBED THEIR HANDS ON THORNY'S HEAD AND SAID, "YEAH MAN, THATS COOL! WHO GAVE IT TO YOU?" THORNY SAID IT WAS HIS MOTHER. ALL THE GANG ASKED IF LEAFY WOULD GIVE THEM A HAIR CUT JUST LIKE IT. THORNY TOLD THEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THEIR MOTHERS.

WHEN THORNY GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL LEAFY ASKED HIM HOW HIS DAY HAD GONE. SHE WAS SURE HE HAD BEEN ASHAMED BUT WHEN HE TOLD HER ALL THE KIDS REALLY LIKED THE HAIR CUT AND WANTED ONE JUST LIKE IT, LEAFY THREW UP HER HANDS AND SAID, "I GIVE UP! I JUST CAN'T WIN!" CUT YOUR HAIR ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT FROM NOW ON.

TWIGMAN'S CHILDREN CAMP OUT

ON A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER EVENING THORNY TWIG AND KNOBBY TWIG WANTED TO CAMP OUT IN THEIR FRONT YARD. THEY ASKED PERMISSION FROM THEIR MOTHER, LEAFY TWIG. FUZZY TWIG SAID, " I WANT TO CAMP OUT TOO. PLEASE MOMMY, CAN I?"

THORNY AND KNOBBY SAID SHE WAS TOO LITTLE TO CAMP OUT WITH THEM BUT LEAFY TOLD THEM THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEIR LITTLE SISTER OR THERE WOULD BE NO CAMPOUT. THORNY SAID TO FUZZY, "WHAT IF WE SEE A GHOST? YOU WILL BE REALLY SCARED!" LEAFY TOLD FUZZY SHE HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO SEE A GHOST. TWIGMAN JUST SMILED AND SAID NOTHING.

THAT EVENING THE CHILDREN PUT UP A TENT ON THE FRONT LAWN. THEY BUILT A NICE CAMP FIRE AND ROASTED HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS AND TOLD GHOST STORIES. WHEN THE FIRE BURNED OUT IT WAS LATE AND TIME FOR THEM TO GO TO SLEEP. FUZZY WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT AFRAID BUT SHE WENT IN THE TENT WITH HER BROTHERS AND THEY ALL FELL ASLEEP BECAUSE IT WAS LATE AND THEY WERE VERY TIRED.

BEFORE LONG THEY HEARD A LOW WHOOOO, WHOOO. FUZZY WAS REALLY SCARED BY NOW AND SHE SAID, "W W WHAT WAS THAT?" KNOBBY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A GHOST. THORNY SAID NOTHING.

THE TENT BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE WHOOOO, WHOOOO WAS REALLY LOUD NOW. FUZZY WAILED, "I'M SCARED!". THORNY LOOKED OUT THE END OF THE TENT AND SAW THE GHOST HAD LEGS AND FEET STICKING OUT BELOW THE SHEET. HE WHISPERED TO KNOBBY, "I THINK SOMEONE IS PLAYING A JOKE ON US. YOU KEEP BEGGING FOR HIM NOT TO HURT US AND I WILL GO OUTSIDE AND FIX HIS LITTLE JOKE.

KNOBBY KEPT PLEADING, "PLEASE MR GHOST DON'T HURT US!" FUZZY KEPT SAYING, "I'M SCARED!" AND SHE REALLY WAS SCARED. THORNY WENT OUT THE OTHER END OF THE TENT AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF FIRE WOOD. THE GHOST WAS REALLY SHAKING THE TENT HARD AND YELLING WHOOO, WHOOO, VERY LOUD. HE DID NOT SEE THORNY CRAWLING TOWARD HIM.

THORNY BROUGHT THE STICK OF FIRE WOOD DOWN ON ONE FOOT OF THE GHOST WITH A LOUD WHACK.

THE GHOST SHEET DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND TWIGMAN WAS HOPPING AROUND ON ONE FOOT HOLDING THE OTHER WITH HIS HANDS AND YELLING EEEYOW! BY THIS TIME LEAFY WHO HAD HEARD THE NOISE IN THE FRONT YARD WAS LAUGHING AND TELLING TWIGMAN, "I TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY ANY JOKES ON THOSE KIDS. THE JOKE TURNS OUT TO BE ON YOU!" EVERYONE HAD A BIG LAUGH. EVERYONE EXCEPT TWIGMAN. HIS FOOT WAS STILL HURTING. THE BROTHERS WENT BACK INTO THE TENT AND WENT TO SLEEP WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACES BUT FUZZY SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN THE HOUSE.

FUZZY TWIG PLANTS A PUMPKIN

ONE DAY FUZZY TWIG WAS PLAYING NEAR THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HER HOME WHEN SHE SAW A VERY STRANGE LOOKING CROOKED OLD MAN WALKING ALONG FOLLOWED BY A SCRAGGLY OLD DOG. SHE SAID HELLO MISTER CAN I PET YOUR NICE DOG. THE STRANGE OLD MAN YES.

FUZZY BEGAN TO PET THE SCRAGGLY OLD DOG AND SAY NICE THINGS TO HIM. THE STRANGE OLD MAN TOLD FUZZY SHE WAS A NICE LITTLE GIRL AND HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HER A SPECIAL PUMKIN SEED FOR HER TO PLANT. FUZZY ASKED HOW SHE SHOULD PLANT IT AND THE STRANGE OLD MAN SAID, "JUST PLANT IT IN ANY OLD SPOT AND BE SURE TO JUMP BACK AS SOON AS YOU GET IT PLANTED.

WHEN FUZZY TOLD HER BROTHERS ABOUT THE PUMPKIN SEED, THORNY SAID, "WHY SHOULD YOU JUMP BACK?" KNOBBY JUST LAUGHED, "HA! HA! HA!". FUZZY DUG A SMALL HOLE AND PLANTED THE SEED. THORNY AND KNOBBY STOOD VERY CLOSE TO LOOK DOWN ON WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

BAM! THE PUMPKIN PLANT GREW SO FAST IT HIT THORNY AND KNOBBY RIGHT IN THEIR HEADS, KNOCKING THEM FLAT.

IN A FEW MINUTES A PUMPKIN STEM STARTED TO GROW ON THE PLANT AND SOON THERE WAS A HUGE PUMPKIN GROWING IN THE TWIGMAN FAMILY YARD! EVERY ONE WAS AFRAID IT WOULD GET SO BIG THEIR HOUSE WOULD BE WRECKED.

TWIGMAN FINALLY CUT THE STEM OF THE PUMKIN WITH HIS AXE BUT NOT BEFORE IT GOT REALLY HUGE. KNOBBY SAID THEY COULD MAKE PUMPKIN PIES FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. THORNY THOUGHT THE BIG PUMPKIN WAS A PAIN IN THE NECK. LEAFY TWIG ASKED WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH THE SHELL IF THEY DID MAKE A LOT OF PIES.

FUZZY HAD AN IDEA. SHE SAID, "YOU CAN MAKE ME A PLAY HOUSE OUT OF THE SHELL." TWIGMAN THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND HE CUT WINDOWS AND A DOOR IN THE PUMPKIN. THE INSIDES OF THE PUMPKIN MADE 846 PIES, ENOUGH FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE TO HAVE TWO PIES EACH. EVERYONE WAS VERY HAPPY EXCEPT THORNY. HE STILL THOUGHT THE BIG PUMPKIN WAS A PAIN IN THE NECK.

TWIGMAN HAS A SCARE

TWIGMAN HAD A NICE LITTLE CHERRY TREE GROWING IN HIS GARDEN. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT AND THE NEW CHERRIES WERE ALMOST READY TO PICK. HE WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING A NICE JUICY CHERRY PIE MADE FROM CHERRIES FRESH FROM THE TREE. YUMMY! YUMMY! TOMORROW HE WOULD PICK ALL THE CHERRIES FROM THE TREE AND ALL THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE A NICE TREAT. LEAFY WAS GOING TO BAKE SOME CHERRY PIES.

THE NEXT MORNING TWIGMAN TOOK A BUCKET AND WENT OUT TO PICK HIS CHERRIES. WHAMMO! IT HIT HIM LIKE A BOMB! THE CHERRIES WERE ALL GONE!

TWIGMAN CALLED HIS CHILDREN AND ASKED, "THORNY, WHAT ABOUT THE CHERRIES THAT WERE ON THIS TREE YESTERDAY?" THORNY SAID, "DIDNDOIT!" THEN TWIGMAN SAID TO KNOBBY, "WHAT ABOUT THE CHERRIES THAT WERE ON THIS TREE YESTERDAY?" KNOBBY SAID, "DIDNDOIT!" THEN TWIGMAN ASKED FUZZY IF SHE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHERRIES AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING, "DIDNDOIT!" TWIGMAN WAS VERY ANGRY AND ASKED WHAT IS ALL THIS BALONEY ABOUT DIDNDOIT? THE CHILDREN TOLD HIM THE DIDNDOIT WAS AN ANIMAL AND IT MUST HAVE COME OUT OF THE WOODS TO EAT ALL HIS CHERRIES.

TWIGMAN SAID, "I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE YOU BUT YOUR STORY SURE DOES SOUND FISHY. I WILL GO LOOK FOR THIS DIDNDOIT IN THE FOREST AND IF I DO NOT FIND HIM, YOU ALL WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE WHEN I GET HOME." THE CHILDREN ALL WISHED HIM GOOD LUCK AS HE WENT INTO THE FOREST TO LOOK FOR THE DIDNDOIT.

TWIGMAN SOON FOUND THE DIDNDOIT AND IT WAS MORE THAN HE EXPECTED. IT WAS A FEROCIOUS BEAST WITH HUGE SHARP TEETH, SHARP CLAWS AND A HAIRY SKIN. TWIGMAN ASKED,"ARE YOU A DIDNDOIT?" THE BEAST REPLIED, "YES I AM, SO WHAT!" TWIGMAN SAID, "I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU HAD EATEN MY CHERRIES, THAT IS ALL." THE DIDNDOIT SAID, "IF I DID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

TWIGMAN SAID, "HAVE A NICE DAY!" AND RAN FOR HIS LIFE.

WHEN TWIGMAN GOT HOME HE TOLD HIS CHILDREN HE HAD FOUND THEIR STORY TO BE TRUE. THE DIDNDOIT ATE THE CHERRIES. MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR. EVERYONE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT NOT GETTING TO EAT A JUICY CHERRY PIE.

TWIGMAN PLANTS SWEET CORN

TWIGMAN TOLD HIS CHILDREN HE WAS GOING TO PLANT SOME SWEET CORN IN HIS GARDEN. ALL OF THEM SAID, "YUMMY, YUMMY, IN THE TUMMY!"
THORNY ASKED HIS DAD HOW MUCH HE WAS GOING TO PLANT. TWIGMAN TOLD HIM HE DID NOT KNOW. KNOBBY ASKED HOW HE WAS GOING TO FIND OUT JUST HOW MUCH TO PLANT. FUZZY SAID, "HOW DADDY, HOW?" TWIGMAN SAID HE WAS GOING TO VISIT A WISE OLD MAN ON A MOUNTAIN TO FIND OUT. FUZZY SAID, "CAN WE GO WITH YOU, PULEEEZE, DADDY?" TWIGMAN SAID OK.

ALL OF THEM EXCEPT LEAFY WENT TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP. ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS A WISE OLD MAN. TWIGMAN SAID, "OH WISE MAN, I WANT TO PLANT SOME CORN IN MY GARDEN. PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH TO PLANT. THE WISE MAN SPOKE, "PLANT SOME FOR THE JAY, SOME FOR THE CROW, SOME FOR THE WORM AND SOME TO GROW. I HAVE SPOKEN!"

ON THE WAY HOME THORNY ASKED THE MEANING OF WHAT THE WISE MAN HAD SAID. TWIG MAN SAID THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR. THEY MUST PLANT FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED TO EAT BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOSE SOME TO THE BLUE JAY, SOME TO THE CROW, SOME TO THE WORMS, AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE SOME FOR THEM TO EAT.

THEY PLANTED THE CORN. FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED TO EAT. ONE DAY FUZZY CAME RUNNING IN AND TOLD TWIGMAN, "THE BLUE JAYS ARE EATING OUR CORN SEEDS!" TWIGMAN SAID IT WAS OK, THEY HAD PLANNED FOR THAT. THERE WAS PLENTY.

SOON KNOBBY CAME RUNNING IN WITH THE NEWS THAT CROWS WERE EATING CORN SEEDS. AGAIN TWIGMAN SAID THEY HAD PLANNED FOR THAT. THERE WAS PLENTY.

THE CORN GREW TALL AND IT WAS TIME TO PICK IT. THORNY SAID, "WELL AT LEAST THE WORMS DID NOT EAT SOME OF THE SEEDS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF CORN." WHEN TWIGMAN PICKED AN EAR OF THE CORN AND STARTED TO PULL OFF THE CORN SHUCKS TO GET IT READY TO COOK, THORNY SAID, OH, OH, THAT IS WHERE THE WORMS ARE. INSIDE THE SHUCKS EATING THE NICE YELLOW KERNELS OFF THE COB."

THEY DID NOT HAVE THE HUGE AMOUNT THORNY HAD BELIEVED BUT THEY DID HAVE A NICE AMOUNT FOR A FINE SWEET CORN DINNER. ALL THE KIDS SAID IT WAS YUMMY YUMMY IN THE TUMMY AND SO DID TWIGMAN AND LEAFY.

THORNY TWIG GETS TEASED

ONE DAY AFTER SCHOOL THORNY TOLD KNOBBY AND FUZZY TO GO ON HOME WITHOUT HIM. HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO AND HE WOULD COME HOME A LITTLE BIT LATER.

KNOBBY AND FUZZY STARTED HOME BUT THEY WERE CURIOUS, VERY CURIOUS. THORNY HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. THEY DECIDED TO SPY ON HIM BY HIDING BEHIND A TREE AND WAITING FOR HIM TO COME ALONG. SOON THORNY CAME ALONG THE PATH BUT HE WAS NOT ALONE. HE WAS WALKING WITH A GIRL AND THEY WERE HOLDING HANDS! IT WAS BLOSSOM BRANCH THE DAUGHTER OF MRS. SNAPPY BRANCH.

KNOBBY AND FUZZY JUMPED OUT FROM BEHIND THE TREE AND STARTED YELLING, "THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND! THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND! THEN THEY RAN AWAY TOWARD HOME. BLOSSOM ASKED THORNY WHO THOSE RUDE KIDS WERE AND HE TOLD HER THEY WERE HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. BLOSSOM THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY AND SHE LAUGHED BUT THORNY WAS EMBARRASSED.

WHEN THEY GOT HOME KNOBBY AND FUZZY RAN INTO THE HOUSE AND TOLD LEAFY TWIG AND TWIGMAN, "THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND! THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND." THEY TOLD LEAFY WHAT THEY HAD DONE TO THORNY AND SHE TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD NOT TEASE THORNY. THEY BOTH SAID TOGETHER, "WHY NOT? HE TEASES US ALL THE TIME."

WHEN THORNY GOT HOME LEAFY ASKED HIM WHO HIS FRIEND WAS AND THORNY TOLD HER IT WAS BLOSSOM BRANCH. LEAFY SAID, "THAT IS NICE. SHE IS A VERY NICE GIRL." TWIGMAN JUST SMILED AND SAID NOTHING.

WHEN KNOBBY AND FUZZY SAW THORNY THEY ONCE AGAIN HOLLERED, "THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND! THORNY HAS A GIRL FRIEND! THORNY BEGAN TO CHASE NOBBY AND FUZZY. TWIGMAN AND LEAFY KNEW THORNY WAS FINALLY GETTING A DOSE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE AND THEY JUST LAUGHED AND LAUGHED.

THE TWIG FAMILY HORSE

TWIGMAN WAS THINKING ABOUT BUYING A HORSE FOR THE TWIG CHILDREN. THEY WANTED VERY MUCH TO OWN A HORSE. THORNY SAID HE WOULD BE GLAD TO FEED THE HORSE EVERY DAY AND BRUSH HIS MANE AND TAIL. KNOBBY SAID HE WOULD CARRY WATER TO THE HORSE AND BRUSH HIS BACK AND SIDES, EVERY DAY. FUZZY SAID, "I CAN BRUSH HIS LEGS, PLUUEEZE, DADDY!" LEAFY TWIG DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA VERY MUCH.

TWIGMAN FOUND A NICE HORSE TO BUY. HIS COLOR WAS ALL BLACK, EXCEPT A WHITE SPOT ON HIS FOREHEAD. HORSE PEOPLE CALL THIS WHITE MARK A STAR. THE CHILDREN EACH HAD A NAME THEY WANTED TO CALL THE NEW HORSE. THORNY WANTED TO CALL HIM BLACKIE. KNOBBY WANTED TO CALL HIM STAR. FUZZY SAID, "I WANT TO CALL HIM SILVER BECAUSE THE SILVER IS THE NAME OF THE LONE RANGERS HORSE." KNOBBY AND THORNY SAID THE HORSE WAS NOT WHITE LIKE THE HORSE OF THE LONE RANGER. SILVER WOULD BE A BAD NAME FOR HIM. LEAFY SETTLED THE ARGUMENT BY SAYING THEY COULD CALL HIM SILVER STAR. THE CHILDREN SAID ALL RIGHT BUT THORNY WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. SILVER STAR IT WAS.

THE FIRST FEW DAYS WENT FINE. THORNY CARRIED FOOD FOR THE HORSE. KNOBBY CARRIED WATER FOR THE HORSE. FUZZY BRUSHED HIS LEGS. ALL THE CHILDREN SEEMED TO BE HAPPY. LEAFY WONDERED IF THE CHILDREN WOULD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR SILVER STAR.

IT WAS NOT LONG UNTIL ONE DAY THORNY SAID HE HAD A DATE WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND OR SOMETHING ELSE NEARLY EVERY DAY. SOON KNOBBY HAD SOCCER PRACTICE EVERY DAY AND FUZZY WANTED TO PLAY WITH THE NEIGHBOR GIRLS. TWIGMAN BECAME THE ONE WHO CARRIED FOOD AND WATER TO THE HORSE. HE ALSO HAD TO BRUSH HIM AND EXERCISE HIM. LEAFY KNEW ALL ALONG THIS WOULD HAPPEN. SHE EVEN SAID, "I TOLD YOU THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA."

ONE DAY THE HORSE WAS EATING LEAFYS ROSE BUSH AND SHE YELLED, "TWIGMAN THAT HORSE IS EATING MY ROSE BUSH!" TWIGMAN RAN TO SAVE THE ROSE BUSH BUT THERE WAS NOT MUCH LEFT OF IT.

THE NEXT DAY LEAFY YELLED AT TWIGMAN, "THAT HORSE IS EATING MY MAGNOLIA BUSH!" TWIGMAN RAN TO SAVE THE MAGNOLIA BUSH BUT THERE WAS NOT MUCH LEFT OF IT EITHER. TWIGMAN DECIDED TO SELL THE HORSE.

TWIGMAN FOUND A BUYER FOR THE HORSE AND WHEN THE BUYER CAME TO TAKE THE HORSE AWAY THORNY AND KNOBBY WERE BUSY DOING SOMETHING AND DID NOT SEEM TO CARE. FUZZY WAS BUSY TOO. LEAFY WHO WAS AGAINST THE HORSE IDEA ALL ALONG AND COMPLAINED LOUDLY ABOUT THE HORSE NEARLY EVERY DAY, CRIED AS THE HORSE WAS LEAVING.

TWIGMAN AND THE BILLY GOAT

ONE DAY THORNY TWIG WAS PASSING THE HOUSE OF A NEIGHBOR WHEN THE NICE MAN WANTED TO GIVE THORNY A BILLY GOAT. THORNY ASKED WHY THE NICE MAN WAS GIVING THE BILLY GOAT AWAY. THE NEIGHBOR MAN TOLD THORNY HIS FAMILY WAS MOVING TO A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BILLY GOAT AND HE KNEW THORNY HAD ALWAYS LIKED THE BILLY GOAT.

THORNY TOOK THE BILLY GOAT HOME AND PLEADED WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER FOR PERMISSION TO KEEP THE BILLY GOAT. HE SAID THEY COULD GET A NANNY GOAT AND THEY WOULD HAVE MILK AND LITTLE GOAT KIDS AND THEY COULD HITCH THE GOATS TO A CART TO PULL THEM AROUND. LEAFY TWIG AND TWIGMAN FINALLY SAID OK.

THE VERY NEXT DAY THE BILLY GOAT GAVE KNOBBY A BIG BUTT FROM BEHIND. EVERYONE LAUGHED EXCEPT KNOBBY. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS FUNNY.

THE DAY AFTER THAT THE BILLY GOAT GAVE FUZZY A BUTT IN THE BACKSIDE AND SHE CRIED. NO ONE LAUGHED BECAUSE FUZZY WAS LITTLE.

THE VERY NEXT DAY TWIGMAN WAS THE VICTIM. THE BILLY GOAT REALLY LAID ONE ON HIM. AGAIN EVERYONE BUT TWIGMAN LAUGHED.

LEAFY TWIG THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE THE NEXT VICTIM BUT SHE HAD OTHER IDEAS. SHE LOOKED THE BILLY GOAT STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAID IN A VERY FIRM VOICE, "IF YOU LAY YOUR HORNS ON ME YOU WILL BE INSTANT PEPPERONI! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" THE GOAT SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT SHE HAD SAID AND NEVER BOTHERED LEAFY.

BUT HE HAD A GRAND TIME WHACKING THE REST OF THE FAMILY.