Owen By: Kevin Henkes

Owen had a fuzz yellow blanket-had since baby-loved.Fuzzy went wherever Owen went-and liked what Owen like. The blanket was very messy. Mrs. Tweezers asked if Owen was getting a little too old to be carrying around the blanket. Mrs. Tweezers told Owens parents about the “blanket fairy”. They told him to put the blanket under his bed and it would be gone in the morning and in replacement he would get a big boy toy. Owen put the blanket in his pants before bed and the blanket fairy did not come. His parents told him his blanket was filthy but he thought it was perfect. His blanket was is play toy as wellMrs. Tweezers told his parent about the vinegar trick. When Owen wasn’t looking his father dipped the corner of his fuzzy into vinegar so Owen picked a new corner to suck on. Fuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy anymore but Owen didn’t care-he did everything with it. His parents were concerned. Mrs. Tweezers asked his parents if they ever heard of saying no. He wanted to bring fuzz to school but his parents said no-he cried would not stop. Mother had an idea-she snipped and sewed and made the blanket into a handkerchief. Mrs. Tweezers did not say a word