El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-25
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
'fUncle Wiggily and Billie WagtaiL"
BY HOWARD B. GARIS.

Ivy TELL' Well" cried Uncle Wig
Nv gily Longears. the nice rab-
bit gentleman. as he looked
out Of the window of his hollow stump
bungalow one cold and frosty morn
ing. We'll, well, Do you also see it,
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy2"
Indeed I do" answered the muskrat
lady hOusekeeper- 1T looks more like
winter than ever"
Out-of-doors the ground was covered
with white. sparkling snow, that glis-
tened in the sunshine.
The animal children viii like this
said Uncle Wiggily, as he came down
stairs for his breakfast Of hot pan
pakes, with carrot maple sugar sprin-
killed. on the bottom, and molasses let
tuce leaves on top
You must put on your rubbers II
you 90 out in the snow today" spoke
Nurse Jane otherwise YOU may take
cold"
"Oh. yes. I'll put on my rubbers. for
I am going out" replied Uncle Wig
gily- 4 am going over to see my
friend, Grandfather Goosey Gander."
After breakfast, putting on his warm
fur overcOat, and wrapping about his
neck the nice, red, wooden tippet Nurse
Jane had knit for him. Mr.. LOngears
started out
It was quite cold, but he liked it. and
he hoped along through the snow,
leaning on his red. white and blue
striped barber pole rheumatism crutch,
which Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy had gnawed
for him out Of a bean pole mean
cOrnstaIk.
There isn't as much snow as
thought there was" sgd Uncle Wig
gily, as he went along But the
ground is very slippery I must be
careful"
Not enough Of the white flakes had
90 oh n
sleigh rides, nor were there enough to
build snow forts nor make snow men,
But there was enough for snow balls. il
you did not make them too large
As Uncle Wiggily LOuEears hurried
along he saw Billie Wagtail, the little
his way to the hollow stump school,
where the lady mouse taught the ami
NAL children their lessons.
Hello, Billet" called the rabbit gen
tleman- Where is your sister Nan
nie2 Isn't she going to school,
Not this morning" Billie answered
"She has a sore throat, so mother is
keeping her home But I am going"
so 1 see" said Uncle Wiggily. We'll.
I'm sorry for Mamie. and L hope she
viii soon be better May 1 walk along
TO school with you
You know I'll be glad to have yOu."
answered Billie, most politely.
And if 7 fall down. then you can
pick me up went on the bunny uncle
Look out, ] almost fell that time"'
Billie Wagtail caught Uncle Wig
giIy's crutch which had nearly slipped
from the old rabbit Eentleman's paw
and then they went on again, Slipping.
SLIDING and slithering.
Every once in a while Uncle Wiggily
would almost fail. and he would bunk
into Billie, the boy goat Of course.
that didn't hurt Billie. as Uncle Wig
Eily's fur overcoat was so soft and fluf-
fy, il was like a sofa cushion.
Bur it was different when the boy
goat slipped on the slidy, snow-cOvered
ground. and bunked into the rabbit
gentleman For Billie had two sharp
little horns on his head and when these
hit Uncle Wiggily i'm the ribs-well, you
can Just imagine how IL felt.
How would you like to be tickled
with a pointed lead pencil. or the stick
end Of a IolIypop2 Not much, 7 guess.
his sharp and ticklish horns into Uncle
Wiggily about fOrty-'leyen times, the
rabbit gentleman began TO wish he had
not walked TO school with the little
goat boy. But OF course. Uncle Wiggily
was too polite to say so.
Instead. he said:
'Oh, Billie. I know the incest thing
to do"
What asked Billie.
Make two little snow balls. and put
one edcu on Lue Snarp points OF your
horns. Then yOu'u look real stylish and
proper, and. best of all, you won't
tickle me when YOU bunk into me-"
Uncle Wiggily said.
oh. I'm sorry I did that" spoke
Billie. III make my horns smooth at
once"
So the boy goat made two little
smooth, round, hard balls Of snow. and
stuck one on the end OF each of his
horns
''Now I can't hurt YOU. Uncle Wig
gily." he said
And no more he could. For the next
time Billie slipped on the hard. frozen