El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-03

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rabbit gentleman. and his musk
~ rat housekeeper, Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, were sitting in their
hollow stump bungalow one morning,
after their breakfast Of fried loHypops
and ice cream cones, with carrot sauce
sprinkled over the tor.
4 think I viii go for walk" said
UEcle Wiggily, as he stretched up his
ears nearly to the ceiling
Why don't you go IN your z1tomo-
bile with the German Bologna sausage
tires?' asked Nurse Jane
Uncle Wiggily laughed so that his
glasses nearly fell of into the milk
pitcher.
What is the matter?~ asked Nurse
Jane; are you making run OF me, ana
Just for fun she tied her tail in hard
''Oh. no. indeed. L wouldn't make
fun OF you for the world Uncle wig
gily said Il was Just laughing when
i thought of my automobile tires 1
can't 20 riding in my car this morn
ing, because Jackie and Peerie Bow
Wow, the little PUPPY dogs, ate all the
sausage tires of the wheels last night
They did," cried Nurse Jane, sort Of
provoked-like-
.'Oh, wen, / don't mind. Not in the
leastr Uncle Wiggiy said with an
other ha-ha laugh Il needed some
new sausages anyhow, and il was Just
as well Peetie and Jackie ate the old
ones. So I'll go for walk
He was just starting out when there
came a knock at the door OF the hollow
stump bungalow.
Come in" invited Uncle Wiggily. In
came Beckie Stubtail, the little besr
Oh Nurse Janet" BecIie exclaimed,
nave you an old dress you could let
LIE take-
An old dress. What for2 Are you
house2" the muskrat lady wanted u
know.
i am going TO make a rag doll"
Backie Stubtau explained, and / want
one Of your old dresses to make the
doll look grown up Have you one
4 guess So" Nurse Jane answered
with q laugh And while she went TO
ger IL Uncle Wiggily started of on his
daily walk On and on went the old
rabbit gentleman, over the fields ana
through the woods
Just before noontime, when Uncle
Wiggily was feeling the need Of some
dinner, and when he was thinking Of
returning 10 his hollow stump bunga-
low. the rabbit gentleman reached
pretty place in the woods. Trees stood
ali about in a circle, and there was
a velvet carpet OF green moss on the
ground
ana Strange TO say SUING ABOUT On
logs and stumps, lying in beds OF fern,
or standing up beside messy stones,
were number of dolls. There were
wax dolls, wooden dolls, rubber dolls,
dolls that could go to sleep, move their
arms and legs and some who could
open their mouths
Ny, what a lot Of dolls| Uncle Wig
gily exclaimed can II be that this
is q new woodland toy stOre27
The rabbit gentleman looked all
OIL - -r-.HHs-
were there Then Uncle Wiggily no
1iced a big rag doll with one OF Nurse
James old dresses on, ana Uncle Wig
gily said:
All. 1 see how it is Heckie Stub
tail the little bear girl, and some OF
her animal friends are having a dolls
play party here in the woods The
little animal girls must have gone off
TO a make-believe store to buy some
pretend lOllypops and ice cream cones
Then the old rabbit gentleman
laughed
-'Hai Har he said. I've just thought
O. a funny trick TO play on Beckie and
the other animal girls 1t will make
them laugh
Quickly Uncle Wiggily took off
Nurse James dress from the big rag
doll Then the rabbit gentleman put
on the dress himself
Next Uncle Wiggily made himself
look as much like a rag doll as he
could. He pulled the smbonnet down
over his face, TO hide his whiskers; he
bent his ears down along his back, so
they would not show. He hid his rheu-
matism crutch in one Of the dress
sleeves and put the rag dolls stock
ings over his paws.
There" exclaimed Uncle WiggiIy, Il
guess this will give Becl1ie and the
others q surprisel"
All dressed up like a rag doll as he
was, Uncle Wiggily lay down on a bed
Of moss with the other playthings-
soon Beckie Stubtail, susie LittletaiI
andall the little animal girls returned.
And now for our play-party!" cried
Beckie. II must give my dear rag
doll, Mary Jane Ticklefeather a cup OF
acorn tea TO stop her tOOthache-"
Just as Beckie said that, Uncle Wig
Eily, dressed as he was like a rag doll
sat up and waved his paws
"Ohr exclaimed Beckie. in great sur
prise oh OH Look, girls, look"
~Oh, your rag doll has come TO life!"
cried Susie Little tail
-Runl Everybody rum Quacked
Alice Wibblewobble. the duck girl II
that rag doll is alive. a fairy must have
been here and changed her And IL
there has, the fairy viii make all the
dolls alive and she may turn US into
dolls, too"
"Oh, yes, let's rum" cried Beckie.
No, don't rum Don't be afraid
stay right where you are"' laughed
-ncle Wiggily, from inside the rag
ioH This is only a joke" he said, as
he took off the sunbonnet Only a
joke-"
"Oh. Uncle Wiggilyr' cried Beckis
and the other animal girls. and they
weren't a bit afraid any more. ~Oh.
Uncle Wiggilyi"
-Ha, Hal" laughed the rabbit gen.
tleman, Il thought / would surprise
you"
And you certainly did, said Beckie
'But you my stay TO our play party,