TWIGMAN SAVES HIS GARDEN

ONE MORNING TWIGMAN WENT OUT TO WORK IN HIS GARDEN AND FOUND SOME ANIMAL HAD BEEN DIGGING UP HIS GROUND. HE WAS ANGRY AND SMOOTHED OUT THE DIRT FOR ANOTHER START.

THE NEXT MORNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TWIGMAN DECIDED TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT TO WATCH THE GARDEN AND CATCH THE BAD ANIMAL THAT HAD CAUSED HIM SO MUCH WORK AND WAS DESTROYING HIS GARDEN.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HE SAW WHAT IT WAS. AN ARMADILLO! TWIGMAN HAD A LASSO AND WAS GOING OUT TO THROW IT OVER THE ARMADILLO TO CATCH HIM. FUZZY TWIG SAID, "DON'T HURT HIM DADDY! PLEASE!" TWIGMAN THREW THE LASSO OVER THE HEAD OF THE ARMADILLO BUT THE ANIMAL'S HEAD WAS TAPERED TO A SMALL POINT AND THE LASSO JUST SLIPPED OFF. THE TROUBLE MAKING BEAST RAN AWAY.

TWIGMAN KNEW HE WOULD BE BACK THE NEXT NIGHT SO WITH THE HELP OF THORNY AND KNOBBY HE DUG A BIG PIT. THEY COVERED IT OVER WITH VERY WEAK STICKS AND LEAVES. THEN THEY PUT SOME FAVORITE ARMADILLO FOOD IN THE MIDDLE. THIS WOULD CATCH HIM FOR SURE. FUZZY SAID, "DON'T HURT HIM DADDY! PLEASE!"

NIGHT CAME AND AS TWIGMAN WATCHED THE ARMADILLO FELL IN THE PIT BUT HE JUST JUMPED OUT AND RAN AWAY. TWIGMAN WAS VERY ANGRY AND TRIED TO THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO GET RID OF THE ARMADILLO.

LEAFY TWIG TOLD THEM TO TRY A CAGE TRAP. TWIGMAN, THORNY AND KNOBBY BUILT A FINE CAGE TRAP WITH ONE SIDE THAT WOULD FALL DOWN WHEN THE ARMADILLO GOT INSIDE. IT WORKED! THE NEXT MORNING THEY HAD A FINE HUGE ARMADILLO IN THE TRAP. KNOBBY SAID, "WOW!" THORNY SAID, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH HIM DAD?" LEAFY TWIG SAID, "YES, JUST WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH HIM NOW THAT YOU HAVE HIM?" FUZZY TWIG SAID, "DON'T HURT HIM DADDY! PLEASE!"

TWIGMAN FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE HIM TO THE ZOO. THE ZOO WAS VERY GLAD TO GET THIS ARMADILLO BECAUSE HE WAS THE BIGGEST ONE ANYONE HAD EVER SEEN. TWIGMAN GOT HIS GARDEN BACK. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY ESPECIALLY FUZZY WHO SAID SHE WAS GOING TO VISIT HER ARMADILLO EVERY SUNDAY.