El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-22
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
EUncle Wiggly Gets Lost"
By HOWARD B. CARTS.

! little place in the woods where the
bushes grew in a circle like a ring
around the-rosie- And in the circle, on
the snoW-coyered ground, were some
little birds trying to find something
to eat
-Oh. we are so hungry chirped the
little birds The snow has covered up
all the food we used to eat and we
can't find so much as a bit Of bread
crumbs"
'Hai Speaking Of bread erunbsr'
cried Uncle Wiggily in his most Jolly
voice Here you are" and from. his
pocket he took the slices OF carrot and
cabbage bread and crumbIed some off.
And here's pie, too-one OF Nurse
James best cherry pie. You may have
some Of that"
The rabbit gentleman sprinkIed the
crumbs OF bread and pie on the snow,
and myi how the hungry birds did
eat
Thank you. Uncle WiggiIzi" they
chirped, as the rabbit gentleman went
on and on
We'll, I guess III find no adventures
today. I may as well eat my lunch
and go back to my bungalow" said
the bunny uncle. He sat down on a
log and ate what was left of the bread
and pie, dropping some more crumbs
on the snow in case any other hungry
birds might happen to flutter along
Then Uncle Wiggily went on a little
farther before turning back toward his
bungalow, and when he did so all of a
sudden he found that he was lost He
could not see his road home, and there
he was away off in the woods, all, all
alone.
Il must have taken the wrong turn
somewhere" thought the rabbit gentle
man. Now what am I to do? I must
get home, for I can't stay aut all
night"
So he walked and hoped on and on,
but he could not find the right road.
Nor could he find his bungalow, for
the trees in the wood were too thick.
and, though they had no leaves on,
still Uncle Wiggily could not see where
IF I could climb a tree and look
all around from the top OF it, then I
might see my hollow stump bungalow.
said the bunny uncle But I can't
climb a tree"
So poor Uncle Wiggily was lost. and
he did not know what to do. He wan
dered about in the snow and called out
loud, thinking some one might hear
him
All of a sudden there was whirring
sound in the air over his head. Uncle
Wiggily looked up, and there he saw
the little birds which he had fed with
crumbs.
"Hoi little birds!" cried the rabbit
gentleman, from high up there where
you are in the air, can you see my hol-
low stump bungalow
Yes" answered one bird. Eve can
see It Why, are you lost, Uncle Wig
Yes replied the bunny uncle. Il
can't find my way home"
Follow US, and we viii fly straight
to your bungalow" said the birds. 1--WE
viii fly along here, above your head,
and you can look up, and by watching
Us tell which way to hop. Here we
So the birds, who could easily see
over the tree tops, flew toward Uncle
Wlgglly's bungalow, and he, on the
ground below. followed them until he
was lost no more.
Thank you, little birdies," he cried,
when he was safe at his hollow stump
You did me a great favor"
You did US one when you saved US
from starving with the crumbs"
chirped the brides snow We are
even"
No, not evenr' Uncle Wiggily cried.
Come in and Nurse Jane will give
you more crumbs for tomorrow"
which the muskrat lady did, and the
BIRDS flew on, very happy-as happy as
the rabbit gentleman himself. And il
the feather duster doesn't hide in the
plHowcase where the eggbeater can
lind 1t 10 play tag with. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and Santa
Claus.
Copyright, 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper
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