KNOBBY TWIG HAS A SAD ADVENTURE

KNOBBY TWIG WAWNTED TO HAVE AN AX FOR HIS VERY OWN SO HE COULD CUT TREES LIKE TWIGMAN AND THORNY. ON HIS BIRTHDAY TWIGMAN GAVE KNOBBY A BRIGHT SHINY NEW AX TO HAVE FOR HIS VERY OWN.

THE NEXT DAY WHEN KNOBBY WENT WITH TWIGMAN TO THE FOREST TO CUT TREES HE SAW A STRANGE ANIMAL WITH A BUSHY TAIL AND A WHITE STRIPE ON ITS BACK AS THEY WALKED ALONG. KNOBBY ASKED HIS FATHER WHAT THE ANIMAL WAS AND TWIGMAN TOLD HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT SMALL BEAST BECAUSE IT WAS A SKUNK AND IT WOULD MAKE HIM SMELL BAD IF HE GOT CLOSE TO IT.

KNOBBY DID NOT BELIEVE HIS FATHER AND HE RUSHED TOWARD THE LITTLE FURRY CRITTER. TWIGMAN COULD NOT STOP HIM BUT THE LITTLE ANIMAL HAD A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF LITTLE BOYS LIKE KNOBBY. HE TURNED AWAY BUT DID NOT RUN. INSTEAD HE RAISED HIS TAIL AND SQUIRTED A STRONG SMELLING LIQUID ON KNOBBY. THE BOY YELLED WHEWEEE AND HELD HIS NOSE BUT THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE.

TWIGMAN MADE KNOBBY WALK A LONG WAYS BEHIND HIM ON THE WAY HOME AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THEIR HOUSE KNOBBY HAD TO TAKE A BATH IN A BIG TUB A VERY LONG WAY FROM THE HOUSE. KNOBBY'S CLOTHES HAD TO BE BURNED.

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO EAT KNOBBY HAD TO EAT BY HIMSELF OUTSIDE IN THE YARD, A LONG WAY FROM THE HOUSE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE ATE AT THEIR DINING TABLE.

AT BED TIME KNOBBY HAD TO SLEEP OUT IN THE YARD UNDER A TREE. TWIGMAN DID NOT PUNISH KNOBBY FOR DISOBEYING HIS ORDERS BECAUSE THE SKUNK SMELL WAS PLENTY OF PUNISHMENT. KNOBBY HAD TO EAT AND SLEEP OUTSIDE FOR THREE MONTHS AND HE TOLD HIMSELF, FROM NOW ON I AM GOING TO LISTEN TO MY DAD WHEN HE TELLS ME TO LEAVE SOMETHING ALONE.