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.