Mr. Tickle Lends a Hand is a story from the 1980 Annual.
Plot[]
One day, Mr. Tickle went to the Happyland Lending Library. Usually, the library is the quietest place in town; but today, it's very noisy. Mr. Tickle peeked in and saw what was going on. Poor Mr. Quiet was dealing with two extraordinarily difficult customers. Mr. Mean was late returning his books and had to pay a fine of one penny, but Mr. Mean refused to pay even a half penny! What a fuss he was making. The second customer that was causing such a kerfuffle was Mr. Grumpy. Mr. Grumpy was causing such a scene because he couldn't find the book he wanted and, due to his bad temper, was pulling all the books off the shelves.
Mr. Tickle knew what he had to do! First, he tickled Mr. Mean until he dropped the penny he was holding. Then he tickled Mr. Grumpy so he would stop pulling all the books off the shelves. After the two Mr. Men calmed down, Mr. Tickle helped Mr. Quiet put all the books in their proper spot on the shelves. They even got Mr. Grumpy to help out too! Serves him right for causing such trouble!
List of Characters[]
- Mr. Tickle
- Mr. Quiet
- Mr. Mean
- Mr. Grumpy
- Mr. Snow (cameo)
- Mr. Skinny (cameo)
- Mr. Clever (cameo)
- Mr. Sneeze (cameo)
- Mr. Messy (cameo)
- Mr. Rush (cameo)
- Mr. Nonsense (cameo)
- Mr. Wrong (cameo)
- Mr. Topsy-Turvy (cameo)