Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-19
Children S EDening Story

as usual this morning." Uncle VIGIL.
said to himself as he hoped along OF
his red white and blue crutch, :"
guess had better go to DR.. Postum"
! But not until get you frst.'' soft
ly said the fox to himself, as he wa'
hiding behind the bushes. "Ah, knew
could get you if | took the glass from
your spectacles, so you couldn't see.'
{ Then the fox began sneaking up or
the rabbit gentleman and Uncle Wig
giIy, not having glass in his spectacles
could see nothing but sort of blur
just as when the cook puts white stuff
on the parlor windows to clean them
still Uncle Wiggily did not see him
Poor old rabbit - he couldn't see hard
ly anything.
"Ah, surely have him now!
thought the fox.
But Uncle Wiggily had sharp ears
even if he couldn't see well, and he
heard the fox creeping up. And he
knew danger when he heard the pitter-
patter OF. the foX's feet, even if he could
not see.
"Ah, ha! No you don't get mel" cried
Uncle .Wiggily, and away he hoped
where the fox could not follow.
ooh, I'll get you yet! 1.-The fox snarl-
ed. But FL have to get some one to
stop up your ears, SO you can't hear
me, nor see me-"
So the fox went to a darning needle
insect - bad darning needle dragon
fly, and said:
81 wish you'd stuff darning cotton in
the ears of that old rabbit, Uncle Wig
gily. Then he can't even hear me
creeping up to get him much less see
me-
..All right, | WILL" said the bad darn
ing needle. So he stuffed up Urcle
Wiggily's ears with cotton from the
milk weed plant as the old gentleman
rabbit was taking nap on a bed OF
moss one day little later. And when
Uncle Wiggily awakened he wondered
why it was so quiet. No wonder: 1t
was Just as if he were deaf. And he
could not see very well, because his
,spectacles had no glass in them, hut
he did not know that then.
Now I'll surely get you!I the fox
said. Once more he crept up on the
rabbit gentleman.
Uncle Wiggily could not see the fox
nor could he hear him, but the rabbits
twinkling nose was all right And with
his nose.he could smell the fox coming
for foxes have wild sort of smell that
the wind carries long way. 1t is a
sort of fox perfume, you know.
Az soon as Uncle Wiggily smelled
that smell up he jumped.
"a fox! A fox.' he cried, Il can't
see him, nor hear him, but | can smell
him! This is no place for mel S.
Then away he ran, and he was safe
for time. Next the fox tried to get
a bad honey bee to put wax up Uncle
Wiggily's nose SO he could not smell.
With; his ears stopped up and his
nose stopped up. and not able to see
out of his spectacles, I'll surely, sure.
ly have him. thought the fox.
But when the bad bee tried to put
wax in Uncle Wiggily's nose, the sab-
bit gentleman was so tickled that he
sneezed, and of course, he awakened
and ran away.
"Ah. it is of no use," the fox said
"Ill never get that rabbit. l may as
we'll give him back his spectacle
glasses
And SO he did, and Uncle Wiggily
could see as well as ever again, when
the fox put the glass back (, in the
frames one night and the rabbit
gentleman didn't have to go to DR.. Pos
sum.
So this teaches us that wild animals
can smell and hear danger as we'll as
see it.
And in the next story l will tell you
about Uncle Wiggily blueing the
clothes; and I hope the wringer does
not pinch the little puppy dogs nose, 4
or he might wag his tail SO hard that
he'd tickle the snuff box and make the
sugar bowl have the hiccoughs.