Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-18
Children's EDening Slory

sock, the needle slipped, and the sharp
point stuck In Uncle Wiggily's paw.
"Ha! know what must dol" the
rabbit gentleman said. II must have
something large and round to put In
side the sock. That will make the
ragged edges stick out and won't
have to put my paw inside the sock.
Let me see, what shall use for q
sock darner?"
He looked over toward the side
board and saw dish of large round
oranges there.
The very thing" Uncle Wiggily ex-
claimed. IAN orange will be q good
sock darner. I'll use one"
When he had dropped a round or
ange in the heel Of his sock, the rag
ged edges stuck out finely, so the
needle could easily be pushed through
them. Uncle Wiggily darned and
darned away and soon he had filed
the hole in the sock with criss-crossed
threads and no hole was to be seen.
There, my sock Ia mended!" he
said. II didn't know l could do it so
we'll as that"
But alas! When Uncle Wiggily
went to take the oranges out of his
sock it would not come. He had sew
sock, so to speak.
"Oh, mercy mel" cried Uncle Wig
gily, just like sewing lady rabbit.
This Is terrible!" He tried and tried
again to get the orange loose. but it
was sewed in too tightly, and II he
had pulled too hard he would have
pulled all the stitches out Of his sock,
leaving the hole there the same as be.
fore.
"Wel, I can't help It," he said with
a sigh. 'f'if have to wear It with the
orange in 1t that way. It will make
me limp, but folks will just think my,
rheumatism is worse, 50 1t will be all
right. But it certainly is funny and
a new style to have to 90 about with
an orange in your sock. | guess l
don't know so much about darning a.
I thought did,"
Uncle Wiggily put on the sock with
the orange darned fast In the heel.
Luckily he only had to mend one
sock, for II he had sewed two oranges
in that way don't know what would
have happened.
It was not very comfortable either,
wearing an orange In even ono SOCK,
but Uncle Wiggily managed to set
out with 1t and limped his way over 10
Grandpa 0oosey's house.
'Ha! Glad to see you!" exclaimed
the old goose gentleman. "You re-
ceived my cabbage letter, suppose.
Come in. But what in the world Is the
Natter" he asked. why do you
limp so?"
Hush! Don't tell anyone begged
Uncle Wiggily, with laugh, but the
truth of the matter Is that darned
one OF my socks, and by mistake
there is an orange sewed up in the
heel. That's why limp!"
"My goodness me- sakes alive and
some tomato sauce!" cried Grandpa
Goosey. "An orange sewed In the
heel OF your socki That will never do!
Mrs. Wibblewobble, the duck lady,
mends all my socks. I'll call her In
and have her take out that orange
and mend yours"
II wish you would" Uncle Wiggily
said. And how Mrs. Wibblewobble
did laugh when she saw how Uncle
Wiggily had sewed an orange In his
sock when he darned 1t. But she soon
had 1t out, and had mended the holes
properly. Then Uncle Wiggily could
sit down and have nice visit with
Grandpa Goosey, and the rabbit
gentleman never tried to mend his
socks with an orange for darnsr af-
ter that.
And the next story 10 going to be
about Uncle Wiggily and the porcu-
pine, and I wish some one would try
and stop the postage stamp from sit
ting down on the letter 80 hard that
you need hot water to get 1t loose.