The ridere could not guess, and sent maidens to wheedle the answer out. When he does wheedle a bit of cash, he spends it on drink and women. The Wheedle has since become a fixture of Seattle. The Wheedle is now back home, in Seattle. They are&colon; "Serendipity", "The Dream Tree", "Wheedle on the Needle", and "The Muffin Muncher". The Wheedle is the title character of a popular children's book by author Stephen Cosgrove. "Serendipity", "Wheedle on the Needle", "The Dream Tree", and "The Muffin Muncher". Cosgrove also invented his own creatures such as the wheedle, hucklebug and kritter.