El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
ALICE WIBBLEwOBBLE AND UNCLE wIGGILY
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

z TNCLE WIGGILY LONGEARS. the
nice rabbit gentleman. was walk
- ing along through the woods one
line day in the morning. He looked up
At the trees. the leaves Of which were
turning purple, golden. red and brown,
% make themselves look pretty, as
Christmas was coming.
My But the woods are certainly
beautiful now. spoke Uncle WlgglIy,
as he sat down on a log beneath a ma
Die tree that was in a blushing glory
Of red leaves Everything is lovely,
and how happy / feel" went on the
rabbit gentleman Il hope no bad foxes
or skiilery- scalery alligators bother me,
0r any Of my friends today"
Just as Uncle Wiggily said that he
heard a rustlinE sound in the bushes
and the rabbit gentleman looked
around in some surprise But he saw
no fox. or other bad animal, only Alice
WibblewObble, the duck girl
All, hal" Uncle Wiggily exclaimed
Then he said, POLITICALLY: Where are
yOu going, my pretty little duck? If
you are going fishing, 1 wish you the
best Of lucki"
No, I'm not going fishing this morn
ing Uncle Wiggily,' answered Alice.
who had a bag over her back I'm
going TO the mill to have them grind
this corn up into meal" and. opening
man the golden yellow kernels of corn
And when the meal is ground" Alice
went on, mother is going TO make a
cake And II you'll come TO our duck
pen you may have a Bit
~Oh, III be sure to come; thank
you" spoke Mr.. Longears- Then Alice
went on to the cornmeaI mill. and
Uncle Wiggily sat on the log, wonder
ing If he would have an adventure that
day
Pretty soon he heard another rustIing
in the bushes
Then he heard a Kissing sound, such
as the steam radiator makes on a hot
day, when you want to be cool, and a
voice cried
oh, please stop, Don't bite mel
Don't stick out your forked tongue at
me that way-please.
"Ha, That sounds like troubler' I'm
Gle Wisgily said Il mad better get
busy"
First he looked carefully through the
bushes to make sure no bad fox was
there, and what the rabbit gentleman
saw was a big, black snake trying TO
catch a bird The snake had his tail
wrapped around the bird, and the poor
bird was nuttering and trying to get
away.
"Ha! This will never do" said Uncle
Wiggily- So with his red. white and
blue striped barber pole rheumatism
crutch- that had been gnaWed out of a
corn stalk for him by Nurse Jane Fuzzy
WuZzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper
Uncle Wiggily tickled the bad black
snake until il sneeZed- And when the
snake sneezed, Of course. il had TO un-
wind its tail to reach for its pocket
handkerchief and so the bird was free
"Oh, thank you so much, for saving
me, Uncle Wiggily,' trilled the bird as
the snake crawled off 10 mis- den. still
sneezing as if he had hay fever. You
did me a great favor. and. if ever 1 can
Tll do you one. Have you hole in youl
coat or trousers now, or a tear in youl
tail silk hat2 If you have I'd be glad
TO mend them for you, as you We're sc
kind TO me"
Thank you, no." answered the rab-
bit gentleman. Il don't seem 10 have
any holes in my clothes this morning
But If / had I fear me you could not
mend them"
oh, yes ] could" chartered the bird
you see I am a tailOr-bird. I can sew
almost as well as Nurse Jane, though
] use my bill for a needle and bits OF
grass. or silk from the ears of corn
for thread. 1 can sew leaves together
for my nest Here is an old nest
made in the spring for my eggs Bu'
now my little birds are all Matched. and
have flown away down south, where
they viii spend the winter.
4 was on my way there when tbs
snake caught me But If you want
anything sewed I'll do il for you" anC
the tailor bird showed the rabbit gen
tleman an old nest, made Of broad
leaves seWed together with hairs from
their hanging nests that way. YOU
know
well. don't believe you can sew