To get a revenge from Mrs. Twit for putting worms in his spaghetti, Mr. Twit, every night without waking Mrs. Twit up, took her wooden stick and added a small piece of wood to it and he did it so carefully that she didn't notice the change. One day Mr Twit commented that the stick was too long for her and in the response Mrs. Twits says that she had a feeling that something is going wrong but she can't figure out what it is. For his enjoyment he continued the joke by saying that she has been growing shorter and shorter day by day which made Mrs. Twit sit down with a trembled and worried face