Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-10
CHILDREN's EVENING STORY


| tut, TUT" exclaimed the rabbit gen.
tleman kindly THAT Is not the way to
talk. Sammie. II am sure il your moth.
er thought an Indian tent was good for
you she would let you have one"
2 "She says she can't give me the
money" spoke Sammie.
,, "Oh, so that's the reason!" exc!ain.
ahem--that's different. Why say!
have It. The very thing!" he went on,
eagerly.
What have your" asked Sammie,
sort Of excited like.
AN Indian tent for you!" went on
rabbit gentleman. II have number of
my lima bean poles left over. You
can take them, stick them in the
ground In a circle, with their tops to-
gether In peak. You can spread some
old pieces Of carpet on the outside of
the bean poles, and your have tent
just like those the Indians used to like
in."
"Oh fne!" joyfully cried Sammie
and he didn't look cross or unhappy
any more. How good you are, Uncle
Wigglly!"
Pooh! That's nothing-just a few
bean poles" the rabbit gentleman said.
clapping his ears together.
The rabbit gentleman helped Sam
ME to carry the bean poles to nice
grassy place, and the poles were stood
up In shape something like a round,
peaked tent. Then with some old pieces
OF carpet and cloth on the outside, fas-
tened together with long thorns from
the hedge, Sammie had as nice a tent
as any rabbit boy could wish.
TIL take some red mud and paint a
rising sun, moon and stars on the
outside Just as the Indians do" Sam.
mic said. And he did, making the bean
pole tent look more Indian-like than
ever.
Sammie let his boy friends play in
the tent and they had lots of fun. And
one day something happened.
Uncle Wiggily was out for walk
when, before he knew 1t, out from be.
hind stump jumped the sly old fox
who had SO often tried to catch the
rabbit gentleman.
All! ha! Now have you!" cried the
fox. Now l have you'll"
No you haven't" Uncle Wiggily ex.
| claimed. He started of with a jump
and run, and he was looking for a
| safe place to hide from the fox when
he saw Sammie's bean-pole Indian tent
I'll hide In there!" thought Uncle
Wiggily running toward it.
oh, no! You can't get away from
me like that" barked the fox, and he
raced after Uncle Wiggily. The rabbit
gentleman reached the bean-pole tent
and rushed inside. There were Sammie
Littletail, the .Bushytail squirrel broth
ers, Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow, the
puppy dog boys, and others of the
animals !.
What's the matter, Uncle Wiggily? p
asked Sammie
"Oh - Oh! The fox - the fox is af
ter me! Here he comes!" cried the rab
bit, looking out Of the tent.
On came the bad fox.
"Ha! Watch us scare him!" said
Sammie. Come on boys all together
now. Give him the Indian warwhoor
yell!" .a
Then all the animal boys. staying In
side the tent where the fox could not
see them, shouted:
"Co-la-la! Co-la-la! Wa-hoo! Wa-hoo!
Wa-hoo!''
! My how they yelled.
my goodness! Indians! Indians In
that bean-pole tent" cried the fright
ened fox stopping short Indians!
They might pull my tail! guess had
better run away"
! And run away he did, leaving Uncle
Wiggily safe in the bean-pole tent he
had made for Sammie. The Indian
shouts of the animal boys, even though
they were only make-believe Indians,
had scared away the bad fox.
| So, this teaches us that too many
bean poles are sometimes good thing.
and If the window curtain doesn't pull
on the rubber plant and stretch 1t out
80 it snaps the gold fish on the nose,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and the Gravity snake.