Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-15
Children's Evening Story
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE RED
PAINT.

UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE RED
PAINT.
(By Howard r. Gans)
Panst Newspaper Service.
Copyright by Evening News Publish
ing Co., of Newark, N. j., 1879
Where are you going?" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady,
of Uncle Wiggily Longears. the rabbit
gentleman, one morning, as she saw
him walking down the front steps OF
the hollow stump bungalow.
why, am going over to call on
Mrs. Chick, the hen lady, mother OF
Charlie and Arbella," answered Uncle
Wisgily.
Are you going for anything spec
ial?" asked Nurse Jane. ;.
We'll, you see 1T is nearly Easter,
tho rabbit gentleman. and
l want to be sure and have plenty OF
eggs ready for my little animal friends
to hunt, after have hidden them. So
am going over to Mrs. Chicks now,
to see If she will save me some"
""Oh, yes" spoke Nurse ane, and
are you going to get some duck eggs,
too from Mrs. Wibblewobble7"
II didn't think Of that, but I suppose
I could" the rabbit gentleman answer.
edges, l think this Easter III get
both some ducks and some hens eggs.
I'm glad you spoke Of It. Thank you. "
"Oh, pray don't mention It," spoke
Nurse Jane politely, az sho tied pink
bow on her tail so she would look like
a high school girl when she washed
the dishes. What about coloring the
Easter eggs?" asked the muskrat lady.
Eyes, / must see to that, also" said
Uncle Wiggily. ~ will look around, AZ
walk through tho woods, and get
some green leaves, for there are some
out now. I can crush them IN tea
cup and make green dye to color the
eggs.
Il can also get some different kinds
Of bark from the trees to make pink,
blue, red, purple and other pretty col
ors for tho eggs. want my little AMI
NAL children friends to have nice
Easter
Uncle Wiggily has the kindest
heart" said the muskrat lady to her
self, as the rabbit gentleman started
of. II do hope he doesn't get into
trouble this time, such as wheeling on
some ones wax doll in mistake Tor
Mrs. Littletails new rabbit baby"
But Uncle Wiggily was not In the
least thinking of trouble as he hoped
on through the woods toward the coop
whore lived the hen lady, Mrs. Chick.
''Pd like to see about getting some
eggs to color for Easter" said Uncle
Wiggily to the mother of Charlie and
Arabella.
"Of course, yes. Come inl' she In.
vited him. And she said he could
have all the eggs he wanted.
I'll save them for you" promised
Mrs. Chick.
Then uncle w1ggily went over to
the pen where lived Mrs. Wibblewob.
BILE. the duck lady. She, too, promised
that he could have some of her eggs
for Easter.
But duck eggs are larger than hens
eggs" said Mrs. Wibblewobble, with .
polite quack of her yellow bill.
will take more dye to color them.
"Oh. that won't make any diner
ence." Uncle Wiggily said. II am rich.
and will buy forty-'leven dinerent
colors for the eggs. I'm going on now
to see about that. I'll call for the
eggs a day or 30 before Easter Sun
day"
Every WE'LL" said Mrs. Wibblewobble
as she went In to mix UP corn meal
shortcake with snail sauce on for sup
per. She put snail sauce on, as snails
are very slow, and that made cake
last longer. Otherwise, Lulu, Alice and
Jimmie Wibblewobble would have eat
en- It up very quickly indeed.
AS Uncle Wiggily Longears Went
through the woods he found few 1T
tle green leaves of early spring. These
he gathered and put in his pocket to
color eggs green.
"But / wish could find something
with which to color some red eggs
spoke the rabbit gentleman.
He thought for moment, ana tnen
he said:
81 suppose could get some OF that
red-pepper medicine DR.. Postum mas 70
cure collie in elephants, but it might
make me sneeze, and then might drop
an egg. No, I'll have to look for some
thing else red. All, what's that?'
All Of a sudden, through the trees
Uncle Wiggily saw something rec
cleaning. At first he thought it was
a red strawberry, perhaps, or rec
rose, but he knew it was too early fol
them.
'I'll hop over and see what it is he
said t. himself. IF 1t isn't a piece o.
red paper of tomato can might bt
able to use 1t to color some Easter
eggs red. I'll see what it is. II 1t y
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