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.