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.