KNOBBY TWIG HAS A FALL

IT WAS RECESS TIME AT THE SCHOOL AND ALL THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND. KNOBBY TWIG WAS SHOWING OFF. HE WAS STANDING ON THE TOP OF THE SLIPPERY SLIDE, POUNDING ON HIS CHEST AND GIVING THE TARZAN YELL. EEI! EEI! EEI!

THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS TEACHER, MRS SNAPPYBRANCH, WAS THE PLAYGROUND MONITOR THAT DAY AND SHE SAID, "KNOBBY TWIG YOU STOP THAT AND GET DOWN FROM THERE THIS VERY MINUTE!" SHE WAS TOO LATE. KNOBBY FELL AND WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HIS LEG BROKE.

MRS. SNAPPY BRANCH SENT SOMEONE TO CALL 911 AND TRIED TO MAKE KNOBBY COMFORTABLE. WHILE SHE WAS DOING THIS A SMALL DOG PICKED UP THE BROKEN PIECE OF KNOBBY'S LEG AND RAN AWAY.

THE CHILDREN ALL SAID, "MY OH MY! WHAT WILL WE DO NOW!" THORNY TWIG ACTED VERY SMART AS HE SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. HE WOULD JUST GO INTO THE WOODS AND USE HIS POCKET KNIFE TO GET A NEW ONE FOR KNOBBY. WHICH HE DID.

THORNY PUT A NEW LEG ON KNOBBY AND IT SEEMED TO WORK VERY WELL BUT WHEN KNOBBY LOOKED DOWN AT IT HE WAS VERY ANGRY. HE SAID, "THORNY, YOU KNOW I AM MADE OF HICKORY TWIGS AND YOU PUT A MAPLE TWIG ON ME FOR MY NEW LEG. IT IS EVEN A DIFFERENT COLOR." ALL THE CHILDREN BEGAN TO YELL. "KNOBBY MAPLE LEG! KNOBBY MAPLE LEG! KNOBBY MAPLE LEG!" KNOBBY YELLED AT THEM TO SHUT UP BUT HEY JUST KEPT YELLING, "KNOBBY MAPLE LEG! KNOBBY MAPLE LEG!" KNOBBY WENT HOME CRYING.

WHEN KNOBBY TOLD TWIGMAN ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND WHAT THE CHILDREN WERE SAYING, TWIGMAN TOLD HIM TO JUST TELL EVERYONE HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD DRIP MAPLE SYRUP OUT OF HIS KNEECAP AND HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD A BUNCH OF HUMMINGBIRDS FOR PETS. THAT MADE KNOBBY FEEL BETTER.

THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL WHEN EVERYONE STARTED WITH THE KNOBBY MAPLE LEG AGAIN, KNOBBY JUST SHOWED THEM HOW HE COULD GET MAPLE SYRUP OUT OF HIS KNEECAP AND HE SHOWED THEM ALL OF HIS HUMMINGBIRD PETS. EVERYONE WISHED THEY COULD HAVE A MAPLE LEG TOO.