Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
Children's Evening Story

I When he reached his hollow stump
bungalow he heard not sound in It,
Everything was very quiet. When he
had gone away Nurse Jane was singing
as she busted the moving picture piano
with pink ribbon tied on her tail. But
now there was not sound.
THAT is strange" thought Uncle
Wiggily. 81 hope nothing has happen
ed to Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. Perhaps she
has fallen off the stepladder and brok-
en- her toe. That would be too bad!"
Into the bungalow went the rabbit
with the basket of good things. Still
not sound did he hear. Nurse Jane
did not seem to be In the hollow stump.
Uncle Wiggily went out in the kitch-
en-, and there behind the stove, where
he had put some of the hens eggs, he
saw nothing but heap of broken
shells.
"Oh, dear" sadly cried the rabbit
gentleman ~ see what has happened!
That bad egg-dog came in here. He
must have. carried Nurse Jane of, or
driven her away and then he spoiled
all the nice eggs I was saving to color
for my little animal friends! on, dear!
Isn't 1t too bad"
Uncle Wiggily looked at the broken
shells. There was not a whole egg
left In the basket.
well. I'm glad | didn't put them all
behind the stove Uncle Wiggily said.
Il still have some up in my bedroom.
But these are all spoiled. Oh, dear!
Sadly the rabbit gentleman sat down
in a chair and looked at the broken
egg shells.
"The bad egg dog must have come in
here soon after went to the store he
said 81 wonder what he did to Nurse
Jane? Oh, how sad"
Just then. from somewhere in he
bungalow, came sound:
"Cheep! Cheep Cheep-chip!'
"Ha! What is that?' cried Uncle
Wiggily jumping up. Can that be the
bad egg-dog? 1t doesn't sound like him.
"Cheep. Cheep! Cheep!" he heard
again.
Nurse Jane, is that you?" Urcle
Wiggily cried.
And then, out from under an over
turned basket came ten of the dearest
fluffiest, cunningest little chickens YOU
ever saw. They were like little balls
of yellow down.
"Cheep, Cheep! Cheep!" they cried
Happy Easter, Uncle Wiggily! Happy
Easter!"
"Ha! What? Who? How? Where IN
the world did you come from?" asked
the rabbit gentleman. in surprise.
eve came from the eggs.' said the
little chickens. you left them in this
warm place, by the stove and we hatch,
ed out all by ourselves, Uncle Wiggily!
rabbit gentleman "And so the bad egg
dog didn't break the shells after ALP
''No, we picked them open ourselves
to get out after we were Matched"
said the Oldest little chicken. And we
went under the basket when we heard
YOU come in, as we didn't know who 1t
was" !
We'll. we'll, WE'LL" Uncle Wiggily
said again. taking off his spectacles. /,
where is Nurse Jane?"
Here am the muskrat lady an.
swered, coming in just then. Il just
ran out to borrow cake of soap from
Mrs. Wibblewobble, and = MY good
ness me. sakes alive" she cried
"Where did those chickens come from?
"From some of my Easter EGGS
Uncle Wiggily answered. y left the
eggs where it was warm and they
Matched out But am glad OF 1t. Hap
DIV Easter, little chickens!'
Happy Easter! Uncle Wiggily!
thew chirped, and then Nurse Jane
gave them something to eat.
So Uncle Wiggily had an adventure
after ALL you see, and this teaches us
that all fountain pens do not have ink
in them. So the next story. If you
please, will be about Uncle Wigglly
and the little ducks, and hope the
blackboard eraser doesn't rub the face
off the clock, or the nice school teacher
won't know when to let you out for
lunch.