El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-30

- 2 Y! N.Y. But that was certainly
NJ a good pie" said Unela Wig
gily Longears. h rabbit
gentleman, as he ate the last crumbs
off his birch-bark plate, and pushed
back his chair from the dining room
table in his hollow stump bungalow
one day. 'veery fine pie, indeed,
Nurse Jane."
I am glad you think so" spoke Miss
Fuz=y Wuzzy. the muskrat lady house
keeper for the rabbit gentleman. And
J am sorry to say 1t is the last"
Last last whate" asked Uncle Wig
gily, almost dropping his tall silk hat
he was so surprised. Last week.
NO Last pumpkin pie spoke Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy- That is the last
OF the Thanksgiving pumpkin pies IN
I'll 1 bake some more"
Then please bake some more right
away" begged Uncle WiggilEs for 1
like them very much
q viii" promised Nurse Jane. "As
long as you like pumpkin pies so much
III bake more Wiggy-"
Today asked the rabbit gentle
man.
yes, today" answered Nurse Jane.
And when Mr.. Longears came back
from having had a stroll in the forest
Of Woodland. where the animal folk
lived, he found Nurse Jane mixing up
flour and water and sugar n spice
and everything nice in the Kitchen OF
the hollow stump bungalow
What are you doing' Nurse u
Uncle Wiggily asked
Making pumpkin pies, answered
the muskrat lady
and just then the telephone rang.
You answer it, Wiggy, said Nurse
Jane Ny paws are all Dough
50 T-un7a WfgwilV went TO the EGle-
Hello! HelIog' he said. "Tesl Yes!
This is Uncle Wiggiys bungalow.
Nurse Jane2 Aes, she's here. What
do you want Of her? What's that
You want her to come over TO your
house right away a susie Little
tail has the t~OOthache2 All right
Sammie, III send her right over It's
TOO bad"
asammie and Susie Littletail, the
rabbit children, are home all alone, Tor
AIRS. Littletail has gone shopping ana
now susie has the sudden t~ooLnacne,
and Sammie doesn't know how to stop
IL. You run over and put a Glove, o.
some red pepper on Susies tooth thal
Will stop the pain"
aOh, but I can't leave the pumpkin
pies" said Nurse Jane The are al
most done. and I want them for your
You run along and stop susie,s
toothache." SAID Uncle Wtgglly- III
finish the pumpkin piesP
you O. never can" said nurse Jane
wiping the dough ana Hour OH hei
yes, I can" saiiG Uncle Wiggily.
your Just watch and see.
So Nurse lane hurried over TO the
Littletail rabbit house to stop Susies
Dafn. which the little bunny girl sui
Fn-ad F~on hecnrEn there was a hole IN
her tooth. And Uncle Wiggily began
to finish making the pumpkin pies
Nurse Jane left Off
Let me see" said the rabbit gentle
man. thoughtful like Il guess you
must have pumpkins to put in pumpkin
pies. so III 90 down cellar and get
one"
He brought up a great big jolly
looking pumpkin, and il was so large
and fine and nice that Uncle Niggily
ITS a shame to cut this up for
pies. I'm going TO make a Jack-o'-
lantern Of it." So he scooped the IN
side out Of the pumpkin, and made
eyes, a nose u q mouth, and II was
so funny that he had 10 laugh him
what are you laughing at?1 asked
q voice. and. looking out in the kitchen
Uncle Wiggily saw Mrs Wibblewobble,
the duck lady. 81 just came over TO
borrow a cup Of salt" she said and
] couldn't help hearing you laugh
What's the joke, Mr. L~ongeGrsE"
This jack-o'-lantern," answered
Uncle Wiggily. Pm going 70 make
q pumpkin pie. Nurse Jane said j
couldn't but Pm going to show her I
can I'll lave q pie made before she
gets back from curing Susie's tooth
ache
Did you ever make a pumpkin pie?"