When Oscar Was a Little Grouch



 When Oscar  Was a Little  Grouch  & Other Good - Night Stories is a Sesame Street storybook featuring  OSCAR THE GROUCH  storybook that contains 3 stories :

Stories included

 * " When Oscar  Was a Little  Grouch  "
 * Oscar babysits for  his  niece  Filthomena  & tells  her  about  his  childhood, including the 1 st  trash can  which  he  wore to kinder grouch en.


 * " Tina Twiddlebug 's Big Adventure "
 * In the Twiddlebug community in Elmo ' s windowbox ( which is also populated by several worms  ), Mayor Thaddeus Twiddlebug proposes the construction of a playground for the children . The project moves along smoothly until Tina Twiddlebug ( no relation ) says she wants a jungle gym for her son Timmy . The notion is greeted simultaneously with approval & confusion , since none of them know what to use for a jungle gym . Tina ' s next proposal is unprecedented : she will fly into the big wide world ( an attempt seldom attempted by Twiddlebugs ) to find one . An intimated Tina flies cautiously around Elmo ' s room , appraising different objects , before finally selecting a stray piece from Elmo 's set of jacks . Tina is proclaimed a hero & Mayor Thaddeus gives her a medal.

An exhausted Bert only wants to sleep, but Ernie keeps him awake with imaginative contemplation , jokes ( & going " Boh - dee - oh - doh " up his own knees ) , & a simulated earthquake. Bert finally has to use Ernie ' s own techniques to achieve blissful slumber.
 * " Good Night, Bert ! "