Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Children's EDening Story


and there he saw Sammie and Susie
Littletail, the rabbit children; Lulu,
Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble, the
ducks and Jackie and Peetie Bow Bow,
the puppy-dog boys, peering in.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily," cried the ami
! NAL children. What smells so good
| in your house,
CANDY" cried the rabbit gentle
man, with laugh Run away, now,
and when it is done I'll give you all
some"
So they ran away, and the candy
boiled and boiled and when it was all
done, and Uncle Wiggily had poured it
Tout in buttered tin to COOL the rab-
bit gentleman heard another noise at
the window.
Run away, children, If you please"
he said. 1.-THE candy is not quite
ready yet Run away"
"Ha! No indeed will not run
away" exclaimed an unpleasant voice,
and, looking up, Uncle Wiggily saw
standing at the window, the same bad
old fox who had chased him the day
before.
I'm not going away" snarled the
fox, and in he jumped. The window
was open because it was so hot in the
kitchen where Uncle Wiggily was
making candy.
This time surely have you!' the
fox said "You can't get away from
me now, by wrapping yourself up in
ticky fypaper, and carpet tacks, and
pretending you are porcupine. That
was a good trick, but it won't work
this time. I surely have you now"
And it did seem to Uncle Wiggily
that the fox was right. There was no
way for Uncle Wiggily to get away,
for the fox was right there in front OF
him.
What are you making, Mr.. Long
ears?" asked the fox, shifting and
snuffing.
Candy for the animal children" re-
piled the rabbit gentleman. Won't
you have some?" he asked politely.
mol" snarled the fox; II never eat
candy! just came for you. and I'm
going to have you'll
20 dear!" thought Uncle Wiggily.
81 guess this is the last of me. Oh,
why did I leave that window open?'
But it was too late to think Of that
now. And then, all of a sudden Uncle
Wiggily noticed where the fox was
standing, and the rabbit gentleman
said:
ooh, pray excuse my impoliteness,
Mr.. Fox, but won't you be seated?
Have chair, pray dol"
Hum! 1t is hardly worth while for
me to sit down for the little while
will be here" the fox said. But I
will rest my legs for just a few min
utes. Then I'm going to carry you
away with me-
With that he sat down, but only for
second. Instantly he leaped up, cry
ing:
Wow! Vow! Ouch! My good
ness me! Oh, what hot seat!"
For, you see, the fox had sat right
down in the pan of hot, soft candy.
Right down in it he squashed himself
and he jumped up quicker than he
had sat down, I can tell you!
"Oh, water! Water! Ice water!
cried the fox, and with that he jump
ed out OF the window, the pan OF
candy sticking to him, and into q
snowbank he jumped.
well, am well rid of you thought
Uncle Wiggily, "but shall have to
| make some more candy" Which he
did, and this time it came out all
right, and when it was cool and hard
all the animal children had some, and
Nurse Jane never said a word because
Uncle Wiggily puttered around IN heI
klLchen when she was out. But that
fox never wanted to see candy again
for he was long while getting rid Oh
what he had.
And in the story after this | am go
ling to tell you about Uncle Wigglly'
housekeeping; and know 1t won't Dc
your fault if the lemonade Jumps
| through the coffee strainer and scares
J the condensed milk, SO don't Wort!
about it.