El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-17
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
aUncle Wiggily and the Playful Kitten"
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

6LVT YELL what are you going to
M do today?' asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekseper. Of Uncle
Wfggily Longears, as he arose from the
table after dinner, are you going air
shipping, automobiling or hopping?
Neither one. Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy,' re-
piled the rabbit gentleman. with a 20
lite bow 4 am going 10 bed
Going TO bed Good gracious me
sakes alive, and some huckleberry pea
nut cakei' Nurse Jane cried Gong
10 bed at this hour Of the day! You
are not i'll, I hope, Wiggy!
"Oh. no, I am very well; feeling quite
fine. in fact" the rabbit said, but you
know tonight our dancing class meets,
10 learn a new step, called the ice cream
cone glide want to be wide awake
and not fall asleep at the dance, so l
an going to take a nap now"
That is a good idea" Nurse Jane
said After get the dinner dishes
washed I will take little sleep my
self"
So Uncle WiggiIy. putting his tall silk
hat on the floor beside him, and fold
ing his spectacles on the Fable
stretched out on his bed Of silk from
the miIkweed plant and went TO sleep
The rabbit gentleman had no sooner
closed his eyes than playful little kit
ten named Mullins. who was a new
little sister TO Tommy, Joie and Kitty
Kat, came softly into Uncle Wiggily's
hollow stump bungalow
- I wonder how I can have some fun 2
thought Mullins, the playful kitten I
want TO play with some one"
Really Mullins should have stayed at
home, but Mrs. Kat had run over to
Mrs. Wibblewobbles house, to borrow
some shoe buttons from the duck lady;
Tommie, Joie and Kittie Kat were at
school. and there was no one 20 tell
Mullins she must not 90 in Uncle Wig
F.Hn q q
BY this time Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuz-
Y was also taking a nap, 50 she would
not be sleepy when she danced with
Uncle Wiggily that evening. so no one
saw the playful kitten go to the bun
Ealow. And the first Mullins knew she
was in Uncle Wiggily's room, where the
rabbit gentleman was asleep on the
bed
"Oh, I can have some fun playing
with his spectacles," thought the play
fUl kitten. Mullins began tossing them
2fput with her velvet paws, when, all
, sudden she knocked the rabbits
es off the table
Qg!" they fell down in Uncle Wig
at not being broken though,
TO say.
What's that?" Ny goodness,
aat2" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily,
awakening.
our glasses down, but didn't
m glad Of that, anyhow" said
gily. But you woke me up
way, little girl kitten, want
ins ran away. downstairs in
stump bungalow But il was
nd quiet there, with Nurse
asleep. and there was no one
p TO have any fun, so M1ffins
lonesome.
90 up again in the room
Bncle Wiggily is asleep" the
- kitten said But won't wake
s A9sI up"
it was not much fun stay
i .fg very still and quiet in the room
with the sleeping rabbit gentleman, and
lsOon Mullins looked about for some
thing with which to have a little fun.
She saw Uncle Wiggily's tall silk hat
on the floor
III Just roll that about" Mullins
said. So she did, playing with the hat,
but she rolled il too far, and all Of
sudden, down the stairs it went:
"Bumpity bump bumpi Plunkity
plunk-plunki SMASHED Bangoi Ker-
snicSO- went the hat down stairs.
oh. deari" thought the playful kit
ten Now I have done itr'
Uncle Wiggily awakened suddenly
with a start.
''Merciful goodness me sakes alive
and some hOrseradish lollypopsl" ne
cried. What is that2"
On, was just playing with your hat,