El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-23
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E6T YELL where are you going
w today asked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady h-ousekeeper. one morning Of Uncle
WIggily Longears. the rabbit gentle
man, as he came dow stairs in the
hollow stump bungalow, wearing his
tan silk hat, his glasses and his fur
Goa
Oh just out for a walk, answered
Lr. LOngearS- q have not had an ad-
venture in rome days, and 1 am rather
losing my appetite
Adventures aren't good TO eat. said
Nurse Jane with q smile that made her
Wmskers twinkle like a piece Of pie.
No, but an adventure is something
tnaL happens to YOU said Mr. Long
ears, " and when ever anything happens
10 me II makes me hungry So FOR an
adventure ] viii 20. 1 viii go, 1 viii &c.
FOR an adventure I viii so. my fair
lady And he sung il just ike Lon
don Bridge Is Failing Down"
Well Uncle WiEgilv went on and on
through the woods. Il was quite cold.
for king Winter had come 10 rule the
land for time. Just now there was no
snow on the ground. though there had
been some, and more would come soon
again, the rabbit gentleman thought. as
there were clouds in the sky and a
cold wind was blowing.
Pretty soon. as Uncle Wiggily was
walking along. he heard from ehind
some bushes a noise. It was a swish
inf. swOshing. talking sort Of a noise.
and a voice said.
oh, dear Tve lost il and / can't find
II anywhere and I'm getting so hungry
Oh 50 hungry II could eat almost
anything"
~Hat" thought the old rabbit gentle
man ct hope that is no bad animal
hungry enough TO eat me. 1 don't Just
fancy an eating adventure now, if 1
an TO be the dinner" So Uncle Wig
g1ly peeked through the bushes. and
he was glad when he saw only Neddie
StubtaL the little boy bear.
no. Neddie- What is it," asked the
rabbit gentleman What have you
Ny dinner, Uncle wiggily.r n
sWered Neddie- You see I am going
off TO the woods to find a hollow log
50 J. can sleep in it all winter, as it now
IS almost time for we bears TO take our
long sleep Mother put me up a nice
lunch Of honey cakes and sandwiches
OF popcorn for ] expect to be gone a
long time. but ] lost the dinner basket
somewhere in the woods, and I'm so
hungry
Well, perhaps 7 can find your din
ner for you" kindly said Mr.. Long
ears, so he helped Neddie look.
Surely enough, in a short while
Uncle Niggiiy did find the little boy
bears lunch. where it had fallen under
a pile Of dried leaves
Here you are. Neddie.~ cried Uncle
NiGgily. i have it,
ON thank you so much answered
Neddie- ~Wnl you have a honey cake?@
Not now. thank you said Mr.. Long
ears Il just had my breakfast. Well.
run along and look Tor your h~ollowdog
But you are not going 10 sleep in il
away Off here i'm the woods, alone by
yourself. are youT'
oh. no. indeed. Uncle WiggiIy." re-
piled Neddie- WE L find the kind
or q hollow log I want, father is COM
ing out with me and help me TO DRAG
Il where b and mOther and Eeckie
have their hollow logs. Beckie found
hers near your hollow stump bungalow,
sou know
Yes. 7 know said Uncle WiESily.
so Neddie with his dinner walked on
through the woods to find his hollow
log. and the rabbi gentleman kept on
his way. looking for an adventure
tor he did not call finding eddie
dinner much Of one.
For many hours Uncle Wiggfly
hoped on through the woods, eating
some carrot sandwiches for lunch, ana
when IL began to get dark the rabbit
gentleman started back for his hollow
stump bungalow.
And I didn't have an adventure TO
make me hungry after all" said Uncle
Wigglly, somewhat sadly. And then.
all Of q sudden, as he was passing a
dark place in the woods, he heard a
voice crying
Help, Help. Oh, some one please
helm me OUT
IA! What's that thought Uncle