Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-01
Children s EDening St01D

both" Uncle Wiggily said, trying to
got away from the bad chap.
mo doubt you would, but we can't
have everything we want in this world.
the monkey said. II think will pull
your left ear first"
"Oh, please dont!" begged Uncle
Wiggily.
well, then I'll pull the right ear"
"Oh, MOI" Uncle Wiggily cried.
"Oh, but I've got to pull them some
time or other" the monkey said, and
may as we'll start I'll pull them
both at once and that will end 1t. Here
we go!"
Well. the monkey was just going to
pull Uncle Wiggily's ears, when, all OF
q sudden, the bad animal saw that the
rabbit gentleman carried bundle.
What have you in thatf' tho mon
key asked, curious like.
"Lumps of sugar for Nurse jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy." answered the rabbit
gentleman. !.
"Ha! guess you mean for me-"
chartered the monkey, as he quickly
tore the wrapping paper OF the can Of
loaf sugar. Then holding to Uncle
/ Wiggily with one paw, the monkey
! took the cover of the can, and reached
his other paw down inside.
| "Ah, hal" he cried. "Oh. Joy! They
| are really Jumps of sugar How fond
+ am of them! Oh. joyl"
He grabbed paw full Of the Jumps
but when he tried to pull his paw out
Of the can he could not do It. You see
the Jumps made his paw 10 large that
there was not room for 1t to pass out
OF the narrow hole In the top OF the
can.
Come out of there!" cried the mon
key to his paw. Come Quit" And
he pulled and pulled, but his paw would
not come out. 1t was just the same a.
though 1t we're glued fast
Come out, tell you! Come OUT"
the monkey cried and he pulled ana
tugged, but his paw was still down In
side the tin can, full of Jumps of sugar.
"pll get you out!" the monkey shout
ed to his paw
With that he took his second paw
from Uncle Wiggily's ears. and began
pulling with that paw on the one that
was fast inside the sugar tin. But that
did no good either. Al long a. the
monkey kept hold of the sugar he
could no more pull his paw out Of tho
little hole in the can than he could ny.
It was Just the same trick that was
played on the monkey In the old fable
story, where read about 1t.
"Come out! Come OUT" the monkey
cried to his paw, but he did not know
enough to drop the Jumps OF sugar X
he had he could easily have pulled out
his paw But he was too greedy to 40
that He might have pulled out his
paw with one or two Jumps In, but not
a whole paw full. And Uncle Wiggily
was not going to tell him of his greedy
mistake, either.
For as soon as the rabbit gentleman
felt the monkey let go his ears, away
he hoped. ~.
Come back! Come back" cried the
ba6 chap, but Uncle Wiggily ran on
home, leaving the monkey still trying
to pull his paw out Of the sugar tin.
And unless something has happened,
that monkey may still be there, won
dering what has happened that he
cant get his paw loose.
But Uncle Wiggily got safely away,
and he hurried OF to the store, and
bought another tin of loaf sugar, go
Nurse Jane could make honey biscuits.
And she said the rabbit gentleman lad
done Just right. But, OF course, that
didn't help the monkey any, and he
didn't deserve to be helped.
And in the next story hope to have
the pleasure Of telling you about Uncle
Wiggily and the mo- school teacher.
And you need not = II the baking
powder shoots the doughnuts full of
holes, for they are just as good to eat
that way.