FUZZY TWIG GOES TO SCHOOL

FUZZY TWIG WAS NOW OLD ENOUGH TO GO TO SCHOOL. MOTHER LEAFY TWIG TOOK HER TO KINDERGARTEN THE FIRST DAY. WHEN LEAFY LEFT FUZZY WITH THE TEACHER AND STARTED HOME WITHOUT HER SHE WAS VERY SAD AND BEGAN TO CRY.

LEAFY GOT HOME AND TWIGMAN ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS CRYING. LEAFY SAID HER LITTLE GIRL WAS GROWING UP AND SHE WAS THE LAST CHILD OF THE FAMILY. LEAFY WOULD MISS HAVING HER AROUND THE HOUSE ALL DAY WHILE TWIGMAN WAS AT WORK AND THORNY AND KNOBBY WERE AT SCHOOL. TWIGMAN TOLD HER TO CHEER UP. IN A FEW DAYS SHE WOULD GET USED TO NOT HAVING SOMEONE UNDER FOOT ALL THE TIME AND NOW SHE WOULD HAVE SOME TIME FOR HERSELF. TWIGMAN'S WORDS DID NOT MAKE LEAFY FEEL BETTER. SHE WAS STILL SAD.

AT SCHOOL FUZZY HAD THE FRONT SEAT IN THE CLASS. THE TEACHERS NAME WAS MRS. SNAPPYBRANCH. SHE WAS VERY NICE AND SHE STARTED TEACHING THE CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR LETTERS. SHE DREW A PICTURE OF AN APPLE ON THE BLACKBOARD AND PUT A BIG "A" BESIDE IT. THE CHILDREN LEARNED THE LETTER "A" AND LEARNED THAT "A" WAS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD "APPLE". EVERYONE KNEW WHAT AN APPLE WAS.

LATER THE CLASS DID FINGER PAINTING. MRS. SNAPPYBRANCH GAVE EACH A CHILD A PIECE OF PAPER AND SOME FINGER PAINTS. THEY ALL COLORED THEIR PAPERS WITH FINGER PAINTS AND GOT A LOT ON THEIR FACES AND CLOTHES. IT WAS MESSY BUT A LOT OF FUN.

THAT AFTERNOON WHEN THORNY AND KNOBBY BROUGHT FUZZY HOME FROM SCHOOL SHE BROUGHT HER PAPER WITH HER SO LEAFY AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY COULD SEE WHAT SHE HAD DONE. SHE CAME RUNNING TO HER MOTHER WITH HER PAPER IN HAND. FUZZY SAID, "MOMMY, WE FINGER PAINTEDED. THE RED TASTES SOUR AND THE BLUE TASTES LIKE CELERY." EVERYONE LAUGHED AND DECIDED FUZZY HAD A GREAT DAY ON HER FIRST DAY IN KINDERGARTEN. LEAFY WAS NOT SAD ANYMORE.