Complex sentence: Uncle Wiggily, an engaging elderly rabbit, is lame from rheumatism: whenever he goes anywhere, he always relies on what Garis describes as "his candy-striped walking cane": this is a cane striped red and white like a peppermint candy cane.
Split into simpler sentences: Uncle Wiggily, an engaging elderly rabbit, is lame from rheumatism. Whenever he goes anywhere, he always relies on what Garis describes as "his candy-striped walking cane"-this is a cane striped red and white like a peppermint candy cane.