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.