El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-26
r Uncle wIGGILY DONGEARs, the

z Uncle WIGGILY LONGEARS, the
nice old gentleman rabbit, was
out in front Of his hollow stump
bungalow one day, getting ready to 90
for a walk in the woods. and across the
green fields, TO shake paws with
Grandfather Goosey Gander, the old
goose gentleman All Of a sudden an
April shower began pouring rain down
out Of the sky.
fBur-r-r-r.'5 cried Uncle Wiggily.
pulling his tall silk hat tightly down
over his ears and hopping along on his
rheumatism crutch, I'd better get In
out Of the wet"
When the rabbit gentleman was safe
" under the porch Of his hollow stump
bungalow, watching the rain drops
splash down, he heard Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
.oh, dear! Oh. dear! Isn't it too
Isn't what too bad2" asked Uncle
Wiggily. turning one ear upside down
TO let some of the rain water run out
Of It. What's the matter, Nurse Jane1'
he asked
This rain" replied the muskrat LADY.
It wanted to 80 down TO the five-and-
six cent store and buy another pair Of
the rain. for I'll get my tail all wet"
"Oh, don't mind little April shower"
laughed Uncle Wiggllys scratching MS
pink, twinkling nose with the brim Of
last a little while, and they bring the
Nay flowers. you know
See, the rain is stopping uOwi" the
old rabbit gentleman went on. Now
you can 90 to the store, Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy-"
And where are you going. Uncle
Wiggily2" the muskrat lady asked as
she saw him getting ready TO start out
again Where are you gOing2"
4 am going TO see if can find any
May spring flowers, Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzy,' Uncle Wiggily answered So
he hoped of the porch, since the rain
had stopped and went over the fields
and through the woods, looking for the
flowers while Nurse Jane went to the
hree-and-fOur-cent store to buy a
Merry o-'round for the little mouse
to play tag on.
Uncle Wiggily went on and on hop
ping out Of the way Of little puddles
LETT by the rain. He kept looking from
side TO side, first one way and then
the other.
What are you looking for. Uncle
Wiggily?' asked Susie Littletail, the
rabbit girl, who had her new doll.
Matilda Beeswax Spellingbook, out for
an airing.
81 am looking for flowers. nv
pretty rabbit child" sadi Uncle Wig
gily, with another twinkle Of his pink
nose.
May I 90 with kind Uncle Niggily2'
asked Susie, laughing and making such
a low bow that the eyes OF her doll !
Arabella FoxtrOt LOllypOp, went shut ]
and suddenly popped open again.
Why, yes. come along" jOyfully ex- Z
claimed Uncle WiEEily. you and I
viii find spring flowers, Susie"
So the old rabbit gentleman and the
little rabbit girl hoped on over the Z
fields and through the woods looking i
for blossoms. And. surely enough, they
found some. I
The April showers had made the NAY
flowers spring up, and here and there.
in the woods. were blue violets, yellow
dandelions crocus or two and other 1
flowers.
ooh. what a lovely bouquet I can
pick" exclaimed Susie
Yes. and I'll take one home to Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WHY" Uncle Wiggily
said
He and Susie were picking paws fun
Of spring flowers, and Susie's doll
Sarah Janet MISUNDERSTANDING was
sleeping in the shade of lollypop
stick, when, all Of a sudden, out from
under a big black stump jumped the
bad old skillery-scalery alligator. with ]
the humps on his tail
-Ah har' gurgled the alligator AT
last have you, Uncle Wiggily. and
another rabbit aisO-a little girl rabbit
have YOU BOTH and he caught Susie