TWIGMAN FAMILY GOES FISHING

ONE MORNING WHILE THE TWIG FAMILY WAS EATING BREAKFAST TWIGMAN TOLD HIS WIFE THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CHILDREN FISHING BUT ONLY ONE AT A TIME. LEAFY TWIG, HIS WIFE SAID, "WHICH ONE ARE YOU TAKING FIRST?" THORNY TWIG, THE OLDEST SON, SAID "ME FIRST". KNOBBY TWIG, THE MIDDLE CHILD WHO WAS A FUN LOVING YOUNG BOY, SAID, "I SHOULD BE FIRST THIS TIME BECAUSE THORNY IS THE OLDEST I HAVE TO ALWAYS GO SECOND." FUZZY TWIG, THE SWEET YOUNG SISTER SAID, "I WANT TO GO FIRST CAUSE I AM THE LITTLEST." LEAFY TWIG DECIDED TO DRAW STRAWS TO SEE WHO WOULD GO FIRST AND SHE GOT THREE BROOM STRAWS IN HER HAND WHICH WERE THREE DIFFERENT LENGTHS SAYING, "THE ONE WITH THE LONG STRAW GOES FIRST AND THE ONE WITH THE SHORT STRAW GOES LAST."

FUZZY, THE LITTLE SISTER, DREW THE LONG STRAW AND SHE WAS VERY HAPPY. SHE WOULD SHOW THOSE OLD BIG BROTHERS HOW TO CATCH FISH.

TWIGMAN AND HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER SAT ON THE LAKE SHORE AND EACH TIME HE CAUGHT A SMALL FISH THAT WAS TOO LITTLE TO KEEP, FUZZY CAUGHT A NICE SIZE FISH TO TAKE HOME FOR DINNER. FUZZY CAUGHT SEVEN FISH TO TAKE HOME TO HER MOTHER.

THORNY HAD DRAWN THE MIDDLE STRAW AND WENT TO THE LAKE WITH TWIGMAN THE NEXT DAY TO FISH. AGAIN TWIGMAN CAUGHT ONLY FISH THAT WERE TOO SMALL TO KEEP. HE FELT VERY BAD BECAUSE THORNY WAS CATCHING SOME FISH WHICH WERE BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP. BUT THORNY CAUGHT ONLY FIVE FISH THAT DAY. HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT BUT WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTED HE HAD BEEN BEATEN BY HIS LITTLE SISTER. MAMMA LEAFY TWIG WAS GLAD TO GET THE FIVE FISH AND BRAGGED ON THORNY BUT SHE WAS GIGGLING INSIDE HERSELF BECAUSE FUZZY HAD CAUGHT THE MOST FISH.

ON THE THIRD DAY KNOBBY WENT WITH TWIGMAN TO FISH AND CAUGHT ONLY THREE FISH. MAMMA BRAGGED ON HIM BUT AGAIN SHE WAS LAUGHING INSIDE HERSELF BECAUSE NO ONE WAS ABLE TO BEAT FUZZY. SHE SAID, "I AM GOING TOMORROW AND I WILL BEAT YOU ALL!"

AND SHE DID. LEAFY TWIG CAUGHT TEN FISH THE NEXT DAY AND TWIGMAN STILL HAD NOT CAUGHT A FISH BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP. WHEN THE FAMILY WAS EATING A BIG FISH DINNER THE KIDS ALL CHEERED MAMMA LEAFY TWIG AND DECLARED HER THE FAMILY FISHING CHAMPION.