Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-15
Children's EDening Sto1p

And 80 am going to pull yours now.
Mr.. Longears. had much rather pull
your ears than your tail, because they
are longer" the monkey said, "but
am more used to pulling tails, 10 get
ready to have yours yanked. II you
please.
| There was one thing about 1t, that
chimpanzee monkey was polite
enough, In his own rude way.
| "Oh, dear! don't want tot" said
Uncle Wiggily.
I "Oh, fie. Fie!" cried the monkey.
Don't want to what. Uncle Wiggily? ?"
Have my tail pulled"
"Oh, but you must!" insisted the
chimpanzee monkey. IT simply must
pull your tail Get ready, now" and
he reached around to get q good hold
Of poor Uncle Wiggily's little tail,
whic was hardly larger than your
thumb.
The rabbit gentleman looked first
! on one side and then on the other,
wishing some one would come along
to help him get away from the mon
key, or else wishing he could get
away himself, but there seemed moth
ing to do but to have his tail pulled.
| First. I'll give you short pull"
said the monkey, "and then I'll gradu-
ally give longer pulls until have
elephants trunk. BY that time you
will have tail that is worth pulling"
"Oh, ldear!" said Uncle W1gGly sad
ly, and just then, when the chimpan-
zee monkey was about to give the
first tail pull, the rabbit gentleman
saw one Of his friends looking at him
from behind stone. It was Bully No
Tail, the frog boy, who was on his
way home from school. Bully winked
both his eyes at Uncle Wiggily, and
then said, in hoarse, loud voice:
"Ahem! excuse me! Ahem."
ooh, my, how you scared mel" cried
the chimpanzee monkey, looking
around at the frog boy. What do you
want?' the monkey asked. He did
not know Bully.
II see you are about to pull the tail
of my friend, Uncle Wiggily." spoke
Bully.
eyes," said the chimp. "what Of
,it?"
"Only this said Bully, slow and
careless like, keeping his back close
against the stone. IF you like, you
may pull my tail first, and Uncle Wig
gily's afterward. That will give him
time to catch his breath, just pull
my tail first, If you like"
"Of course like!" cried the mon
key "Ill pull your tail good and hard
and then I'll pull Uncle Wiggily's. IN
have two tails to pull instead Of one."
| The monkey let 90 of the rabbit
gentlemans ears, and then Bully
cried:
RUN, Uncle Wiggily, run! Hop!
Now is your time to get away"
And you may be sure Uncle Wigg1ly
lost no time. Away he hoped far of.
where the monkey could not get him.
Nov let's see you pull my tall"
cried Bully to the monkey, and the
frog boy hoped away from the stone.
And then the monkey could see that
Bully had no tail at all to pull, you
know for frogs have none.
| "Ah, ha! No tail! Fooled" cried
the monkey "You have played a trick
on me, 1 let Uncle Wiggily go, and
you have no tail at all to pull. on.
wow!" and he was so provoked that
he hit himself on the end Of the nose
with bathroom sponge.
| "Ha! Hal" laughed Bully No-Tail.
THAT was good trick of mine! The
monkey didn't know had no tail!
! Then the frog boy and the rabbit
gentleman hoped safely home togeth.
er. and the monkey only had Ice
cream cones for supper, which served
him right
And If the rag doll doesn't hide in
the parrots cage where the rubber
ball can't find it to play tag with Ill
! tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
mending his socks.
! Ito be continued.)