El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-15
Bedtime

NE DAY when Uncle Wiggily
Longears, the rabbit gentleman,
- was coming home from school
oh, listen to me, would YOU. Uncle
Wiggily didn't go to school, Of course
What / meant TO say was that az tie
rabbit gentleman was coming along In
his airship, near the hollow stump
school he heard, down on the srOunu
below him, some voices talking
You put in two cups OF flour, one
voice sald- .z-
And sugar" said a fourth
And cinnamon" spoke a fifth voice
And then you bake it in the oven
nice and brown. some one else added
NV goodness me sakes alive aPd
some peanut sandwiches with ice cream
conesI" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily- That
sounds good 1 wonder II they can pc
talking about cake or puddlngs. Il
see who II is, and ask them
So the rabbit gentleman looked over
the side OF his airship and on the
ground down beloIy ne saw Mary "a W.
cav, the crow girl; Susie LIttletall. the
rabbit Girl; Lulu and Alice WlDDleWOD-
bic, the duck girls. and several others
They were on their way home from
the hollow stump school
.Oh, there's Uncle WiggilyH cried
Mary, the crow girl, as she looked up
and saw the airship. viii you please
give US a ride home, Uncle Wiggily!
she begged.
bit gentleman. And VIII you little
bird and animal girls tel me what GOOD
things to eat YOU were talking ABOUT
just nOwZ 1 heard you up N my al, an
ship" and, as he said that. Uncle WIZ
gily steered his airsnip to nice SOFT
place on the grass where it would not
scratch itself as it settled down
Now what was il you were talking
about2' asked the rabbit gentleman, as
the girls got in the airship-
PIE" said Mary CaW-CaW-
ssPie2" asked Uncle Wigguys sort OF
blinking his eyebrows
pie" repeated Alice Wibblewobble-
You see it's this way, explained
Mary, as she stretched out her wings
and sat on a sofa cushion in the clothes
basket part Of the airship- We had
lesson in the hollow stump school to-
day on making pies The lady mouse
teacher told US how TO make cheese
pie"
But she said we didn't need to make
that kind unless we liked" spoke Susie
IfttIetafl the girl rabbit She said
we could put in lemons and make
lemon pie If we liked that better
"OT we could put in peaches and
make a peach pie said Lulu
"Or cOcoanut and have a cocoanut
pie" went on Jennie Chipmunk.
so were each going to make a pie
Please hurry and take me home to
the nest-house in the lall pine tree,
Uncle Wiggily, so can begin to make
my pie"
Then the rabbit gentleman tickled
the doOdle-OOdleum Of his a1rship and
away il sailed above the tree tops. At
the home Of each little girl animal he
stopped to let his passengers off, fin
ally landing at last near the tree where
the crows nest was.
Now I must hurry up and make my
pie before I forget how teacher told
US" said Mary Caw-Caw-
What kind Of a pie are you going
TO maker" Uncle Wiggily wanted to
know
Lemon" said Mary. because we
have lemons in the nest I'll make a
lemon pie"
Well, I wish 7 could tell you just
how Mary made her pie. but can't be-
cause don't know much about such
things.
/ know she mixed up some flour and
water and sugar and spice and other
things nice. I think she put il in some
lollypops and a blt Of cOcoanut, though
I'm not sure. But anyhow Uncle Wig
gily. down on the ground below. could
smell the nice lemon pie baking in the
oven up IN the nest house in the tree
I'm sure Mary's pie will be the best
IN all the school" said the rabbit gen
tleman-
The next morning Mary flew early
out Of her nest house and knocked on
Uncle Wiggily's door.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily," she said to the