“I believe I do.”
“And is he a wondrous wise man?” Muffs asked breathlessly.
The headless man nodded. “He’s growing wiser every day.”
THE MYSTERIOUS MOVING VAN
Muffs wrote all about the headless man in a letter to her mother. It was the longest letter she had ever written all by herself and she felt very happy when she slid the fat envelope through the letter drop in the Post Office. She felt happier still a few days later when the answer came back addressed to Muffs herself in care of Mrs. Tyler. It was a long letter and Tommy helped her read it.
Dear little Madeline Muffins Moffet: Whoever thought you could write such a letter? I think your headless man sounds nice. He must have looked funny but I’m glad you apologized for chasing him. It isn’t fun to make people cross, especially men. If I were you I would forget the Bramble Bush Man because he isn’t real and be nice to the real headless man.
“Are you sure the letter says the Bramble Bush Man isn’t real?” Muffs asked, looking worried.
“That’s what it says,” Tommy replied. “I guess you didn’t tell your mother that the headless man knows him.”
“Do you think he really does, Tommy?”