PATRIOTS, WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FROM AN ANONYMOUS SKWERLHUGGER:

Dear Tufty lovers everywhere...

I need your help, Does anyone know the whereabouts of a Tufty annual with a story in it about a pig and a mouse with a magic cap. Please leave a message on this page if you can help!!!!!

Thanking you in anticipation of your help.

Kind regards. From an adventure on the riverbank.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DO KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF THIS TUFTIAN PROPAGANDA. IT APPEARS IN THE 1969 TUFTY ANNUAL AT PAGES 50-57 AS BOBBIE'S BEDTIME STORY (REFERRING TO ONE OF TUFTY'S THUGS, BOBBIE BROWN RABBIT).

BASICALLY, THE STORY DESCRIBES A MOUSE WITH A MAGIC HAT WHO CONVINCES A PIGGYBANK TO DON THE HAT. THE MAGIC HAT TURNS THE PIGGYBANK INTO A REAL PIG. THINGS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE WHEN THE MOUSE TELLS PIG THAT FARMER GILES WILL TAKE HIM TO MARKET "AND SOON YOU WILL BE BACON ON SOMEBODY'S BREAKFAST PLATE!"

ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO SKWERL IN THIS STORY, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE MOUSE IS TUFTY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY SQUIRREL'S SURROGATE WHO USES DECEPTION AND DEATH THREATS TO TRAUMATIZE AN INNOCENT PIGGYBANK. THUS, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: SUBMIT TO SQUIRREL WORLD DOMINATION OR SUFFER THE HORRIFIC CONSQUENCES...

BUT DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF...

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Just a short note to 'Skwerl lovers' everywhere, or whoever found my treasured 1969 story of 'Mouses magic cap'.

THANK-YOU a thousand times over!!!! If you only knew how I had scoured second hand shops and car boot sales looking for that story... I had a serious life threatening illness as a six year old and spent 6 weeks drifting in and out of a coma. On regaining consciousness periodically, the only times I remember with clarity are the times I insisted on being read this story AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!!! Now as a sad 'Tufty deprived' 37 year old girlie, I can now read it myself AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!! VIVA LE TUFTY!!!

With love 'n' regards from 'The riverbank adventure' xxxx

ed. note: you're more than welcome!
 

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