THE TWIGMAN FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREE

IT WAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. ALL THE TWIGMAN CHILDREN WERE PLAYING WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THORNY TWIG HAD GOTTEN A BICYCLE FROM SANTA. KNOBBY TWIG HAD RECEIVED A NEW SKATE BOARD AND SANTA LEFT A NEW SLED UNDER THE TREE FOR FUZZY TWIG. SANTA HAD BROUGHT EVERYONE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED THE MOST.

TWIGMAN AND LEAFY TWIG WERE LOOKING AT THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREE AND TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO GET RID OF IT. THE HOUSE WAS CROWDED AND THE TREE MUST BE TAKEN DOWN SOON. LEAFY TWIG SAID, "THERE MUST BE A WAY TO MAKE IT USEFUL." TWIGMAN SAID, "LET'S TALK TO THE CHILDREN. THEY COULD HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS.

TWIGMAN CALLED THE CHILDREN INSIDE AND TOLD THEM THEY ALL NEEDED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEIR CHRISMAS TREE COULD BE MADE USEFUL AFTER IT IS TAKEN DOWN. THORNY TWIG SAID THEY COULD USE IT TO BUILD A BIG BONFIRE AND ROAST MARSHMALLOWS. KNOBBY TWIG THOUGHT THE FIRE IDEA WAS NICE BUT THE USEFULLNESS WOULD BE VERY SHORT AND THEN THE TREE WOULD BE GONE. HIS IDEA WAS TO PUT IT ON THEIR FRONT LAWN TO MAKE A HOME FOR THE BIRDS. THE REST OF THE FAMILY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE GOOD BUT THE BIRDS HAD MANY TREES ALL AROUND THE HOUSE FOR HOMES AND SOON THE NEEDLES WOULD FALL OFF THE TREE AND IT WOULD BE UGLY.

FUZZY TWIG WANTED TO TIE A BIG ROCK ON IT AND THROW IT IN THE LAKE TO MAKE A NICE HOME FOR FISH. THAT WAY IT WOULD LAST A LONG TIME AND THE FAMILY COULD GO BACK TO THE SPOT NEXT SUMMER AND CATCH FISH. EVERYONE AGREED FUZZY HAD THE BEST IDEA OF ALL AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID. TWIGMAN DROVE A STICK IN THE GROUND TO MARK THE PLACE AND THE TWIGMAN FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREE HAD A NEW LONG LIFE.