El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21
Copyright, 1915, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate

Copyright, 1915, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.i
TURsE JANE FUZZY WUzzY.
M the muskrat lady housekeeper
for uncle Wiggily Longears, the
rabbit gentleman. who lived in a hol-
low stump bungalow, was out in the
kitchen washing the clothes
"Rub-a-dub-dubl Rub-a-dub-dubI'
she rubbed the clothes and soap up and
down on the washing board "Rub-a-
dub-dubI Rub-a-dub-dubr And the
sOapsuds fOamed and made red, white
and blue bubbles
This is a fine day for Washingl'
said Nurse Jane to herself, as she gave
the ironing board a bite Of a starch
lOlypOp to keep II from getting hun
CRY a fine day for washing. And
the sun shines so brightly, and the
wind blows so strongly, that soon my
clothes will be dry after 1 hang them
outr'
She was just wringing the clothes
out Of the blueing water, which made
them extra white. when, all Of a sud
den, into the bungalow came running
Charlie, the little chicken boy, who.
with his sister Arabella and mother and
Mr. Cock A Doodle. the rooster gen
tleman, lived in a coop not far away
from uncle Wiggily's hollow stump
oh. Nurse Janer cried Charles all
out Of breath-like. -'Oh, Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, would you please come
over to our house right away"
Why, Of course 1 viii Charlie" said
the muskrat lady. But what is the
matter2 What has happened2"
oh. one Of mammals little baby
chickens has swallowed a whole grain
Of cOrnr cried Charlie. It's stuck in
her throat-in the little chickie's throat
mean. and she's choking. VIII you
come over and help mamma get It
OUT
~Of course I viii. CharIier nurse
Jane said oh, uncle Wiggilyi" she
called 10 the old gentleman rabbit, who
was reading a newspaper in the par
Tor I'm going to run over to Mrs
Chicks house a minute. One Of her
chiCklets has swallowed a grain Of
corn the wrong way III hang the
clothes I'D when come back
Very WelI-au right" answered IN
Gle Wiggily- And If you need any more
help let me know
Nurse Jane and Charlie ran across
the fields to the chicken coop and uncle
Wiggily strolled out TO the kitchen
where were the washed clothes, all
ready 70 hang out
Hal 1t is too bad for nurse Jane to
be called away just Il this time" said
the rabbit gentleman The clothes
would dry nicely now, If they were
and there's no telling how long
she may be trying to get the grain OF
corn OuL rom the little CulCAAl6 3
throat Ha! I know what III do I'll
hang up the clothes myself I can do
It easily They only have to be thrown
over the line and pinched there with
wooden pins" the rabbit gentleman
said
So uncle Wiggily picked up the bas-
ket OF wet clothes and carried them
out in the yard The line was already
up and there was a bag Of clothes
pins near one Of the posts. The rabbit
gentleman began to hang up the
clothes
The stockings, the towels and the
little pieces gave him no trouble But,
as the wind was blowing pretty hard,
IT was not quite so easy to hang up a
big bedsheeL However, uncle Wiggily
managed TO do it-after a fashion
Hanging up clothes to dry is not as
easy as il looks" said the rabbit gen
tleman to himself. Now. III try a pill
loWcase- Let me see; do I pin it on
upside down or downside up2'
Uncle Wiggily finally pinned it so
that when the pillOWcase blew out it
was filled with wind. like a blOwnup
paper bag just before you burst 1t in
schOOl-Only. Of course, you must never
never do that Oh. my. no.
Hal that's the way to hang up pill
low casesr' cried the rabbit gentleman.
his nose twinkling with delight Let
the wind blow in EN-"
He was just hanging up another pill
low case, when. all of a sudden the
wind turned around and blew the other