El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-18
Bedtime Story For the Little One.
''Uncle Wiggily and Jack Frost"
By HOWARD B. GARIS-

/ - NE afternoon. when Uncle Wig
gily Longears. the rabbit gentle
man. came home. after having
/ hoped about in the woods, he saw
Nurse Jane Fuzzy wuzzy. the muszrat
! lady housekeeper, bringing in her pot
\ ted plants and flowers.
] Why are you doing that. Nurse
| curious like.
81 am doing that so my posies will
/ not freeze" answered Miss Fuzzy
} Nuzzy. Jack Frost is coming around
4 tonight, and If he touches the leaves
] and flowers with his shivery. cold
I fingers the plants will wither and die.
Z 50 am bringing them in the hollow
Z stump bungalow where they Will be
nice and warm
Jack Frost. ehg'' exclaimed Uncle
WigSlly- We'll, when he comes to our
Z woods II means that King Winter is
near / don't like winter as much as
! used to. And I don't like Jack
Frost
81 don't either" said Nurse Jane.
] When winter comes. and the ground
Is covered with snow. we animal peOpl.
have hard work to find food And il
is no fun 10 be out in snow storms.
When ] was young 1 did not mind II
so much But now 1 take cold so
easily"
s2N AAN T. ~NNAE 1llEAE " X HAAE- anu
the cold hurts my rheumatism. When
] was young and in my prime. 1 could
throw snpwballs most all the time.
But now I'm old and getting gray I'd
rather watch others with icicles play
he recited sort Of sing-sOnsie-
That's the way 1 feel about it, too
spoke Nurse Jane. 4 certainly don't
like Jack Frost"
Nor do J." added Uncle Wiggily. as
he helped the muskrat lady carry IN
the rIgmHg F1Ou-are G they would
not freeze.
Just as they were carrying in the
last geraniums, something white flew
over the top Of the bungalow.
so you don't like me, Ell. Uncle
Wigsily2'' asked a cold and frosty
voice.
Bless my red, white and blue striped
barber pole rheumatism crutch. that
Nurse Jane gnawed for me out OF
cOrnstalk," cried Uncle WlgElly. But
who are you. If YOU please
Il am Jack Frost" was the answer.
as though a cold wind had blown down
the chimney. I am sorry you dOR'r
like me. for / have to come every year.
and help King Winter. / have TO
freeze the rivers and lakes TO make
ice for the hot summer. l have to
color the leaves on the trees so they
will look pretty-golden brown. pur-
pie, red and blue colors I put on the
leaves I help King Winter make the
snow so like a blanket il viii keep the
ground warm that the flower and tree
roots. under the EARTH may not die
I am sorry you do not like me. Uncle
WiEEily, for I do all the good l can
Then Jack Frost. the little white
winter fairy, flew on. blowing his colo,
but kindly, breath on the leaves OF the
trees. scattering them to the ground.
and turning them the most beautiful
colors
Jack Frost. eh.~ said Uncle Wiggily
as he shivered even in his warm. fur
coat, and hurried in the hollow stump
bungalow. Jack Frost, Well. I'm
sorry he heard me say that about him.
but really. L can't like him"
Nor l. spoke Nurse Jane. Let Us
build a big fire and keep swarm
So they made roaring fire on the
while the flames roared up the chin Z
ney. Grandfather Goosey Gander came
over I'm the evening. and, as he was !
going home. he said,
Jack Frost will have plenty to DO ]
tonight
Yes" agreed Uncle Wiggily. @he was /
around early this evening. We saw
him. Bur-r-r-r-r-, but its cold and 7
the rabbit gentleman. who had gone
10 the door with Grandpa GOosey.
turned down his lOng ears around his .
neck so he would not catch cold
And that night Jack Frost spread F.
his icy hands over the woods Of ami
NAL land and. made even the trees
was white with what looked like snow.
though IL was only frost And some ]
little brooks had a thin film OF ice over
them.
Tn glad we brought in my plants
said Nurse Jane.
so am T." said Uncle Wiggily-
After breakfast. when the sun rose
higher, il grew warmer. and the white
frost melted away Jack Frost slept
through the warm. middle part Of the
day, but he was always ready to come
out at evening.
That afternoon Uncle Wiggily went .
to the store for Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuz-
". The muskrat lady wanted some
maple sugar for the pancakes she was
going TO bake the rabbit gentleman
next morning.
We'll Jack Frost will be around
again tonight" thought Uncle Wig
Eily. as he hurried on toward his hoI-
low stump bungalow -Bur-r-r-r, But
I do not like that chilly chap" And
again the rabbit gentleman wrapped
his ears like a fur tippet, about his
neck and skipped on He leaped across
a little brook. from which the sun had
melted the fee. and was Just climbing
over log, when. all at once. some
thing jumped on him from behind his
back.
'Ah. Ia, At last I have YOU cried
} voice
Something splashed into the waters OF
The little brook. splattering the drops Z
Jn the log. and Uncle Wiggily found
himself held fast in the paws Of the
bad. old. fuzzy fox.
Now I have your the fox said
All. hai"
so you have spoke Uncle wiggily
iOrrowfully- What are you going to ]
10 with me2'
Wait until I get my breath and IN
ell you" answered the fox Then, still ,
leeping hold Of Uncle Wiggily. the
OK sat down on the lOg-right into S
he water ne had splashed on the log
at the fox. He didn't mind little S
vetness-
Well. now I have my breath said 7
he fox 4 guess III take You off to
ny den-I need you
''Oh. please don't," begged the rab-
it uncle
Yes. 1 SHALL" snarled the fox Here +
re GO" He tried TO get up from the
og where he had sat in the water. but e
e could not-he was held fast
''Why-why, What does this mean a
arked the fox. Tin frozen fast to
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