Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-20
UNCLE WHOLLY AND THE PoRcU.
(My HoBard r. Garis.)


(My HoBard r. Garis)
Paoet Newspaper Service.
(Copywrighter by Evening News Pub
lishing Company. Of Newark, n. ~
1870.
Uncle Wiggily, would you mind 60
ing to the store for me? asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WuIzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper of the rabbit gentleman
one day.
Go to the store for you! OF course
will, Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. Uncle Wig
gily said politely. 1T will be = pleas
ure for me. What do you wish?"
"A paper of carpet tacks and some
sticky fly paper" she answered. II
would go myself, only want to stay
in and darn your socks, 20 you Will
not again sew oranges up In them."
"Oh, am glad to co." said Uncle
Wiggily. 1T Is nice warm day out.
and I think it will do my rheumatism
good. But what are you going to do
with carpet lacks and fly paper this
time Of year, Nurse janet"
~ am 9oine to tack down tho parlor
rug with tho carpet tacks." Nurse Jana
answered. "and a. for the fly paper.
I want to catch 4 few moths saw
flying about. Thay were looking Tor
fur coats and WOODEN dresses to chew
mp"
of he started for the store. A. he
went over tho fields and through the
woods he met little prickly hedgehog
porcup1ne chap running along IN the
snow.
Look out, don't como too close to
mo, Uncle Wissily. II you please the
hedgehog poroupine said, with polite
bow. you know am full Of sticksry-
jckery quilts, and wouldn't want to
psin you BY having you get stuck with
any Of them"
Il wouldn't want that myself. thank
you" Uncle GiEgily said. But where
have you been?"
."Oh. taking some toothpicks over to
Grandfather Goosey Camden" replied
the porcupine.
3'Toothpicksr' repeated Uncle Wig
gily, curious like.
dyes" answered the hedgehog. you
see. Grandfather Goosey takes all my
loose quills, and uses them for tooth
picks. 1t saves him buying them at
the drug store"
Il see" laughed Uncle Wiggily. "A
good idea. Ha! Hal"
Then Uncle Wigsily kept on to the
store after the carpet tacks ana the
porcupine went his way, taking care
not to ret close enough to the RABBIT
gentleman to stick him.
We'll. Uncle Wiggfly bought his lacks
and the sticky fly paper at the store
ali right, and started right back for
his hollow stump bungalow. He was
honpinR along, wondering what he
would have for supper that night, ana
hc was sort of hoping Nurse Jane
would not, by mistake, put the tacks
In the rice pudding instead OF ralsins:
when, all Of sudden, out from Denlno
a stump jumped bad fox.
"Ah, hal" snarled the fox. making q
lump for Uncle Wiggily. i think
have caught you this time. Mr.. Long
ears!"
"Ha! guess you will have to
think again." Uncle Wiggily answered
as he gave big jump, holding fast TO
the carpet tacks and the ny paper
80 they would not slip from his paws.
Away ran the rabbit gentleman over
tn, snow-covered fields, trying his
best to get away from the fox. Faster
and faster ran the fox, and faster ran
Uncle Wiggily. AS the gentleman raD-
hit bounced over fence he saw some
thing spring up in the snow IN front
Oh him.
Gracious! Hope that isn't another
fox" thought the rabbit gentleman. II
It lis will surely be caught. one iox
behind me and another In front. That
Is too much!"
Uncle Wiggily looked over his
shoulder. Surely enough, on came the
fox running and crying aloud:
stop! Stop! l want you! want
you. Mr.. Longears. want you!
"No doubt you do Uncle Wisslly
said to himself as he made MS nose
twinkle twice as fast as usual. But
YOU are not going to have me II con
help It," 1919
fully in front Of him and he saw II
was not a fox there at all, but the
little porcupine chap he had met be-
fore that day.
"Hello, Uncle Wiggily!" gaily cried
the hedgehog porcupine. why are pou
SO fast?"
"Ha! / guess you'd run, too, II fox
were after you'll" the rabbit gentleman