El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-23
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
Johnnie BushytaiPs New Shoes
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

JIMMIE CAW-CAW, the black crow
boy, and Johnnie Bushytail, the
squirrel chap, were playing tag
aow= or the ground in front Of the hoI-
low stump bungalow where lived Uncle
Wiggily Longears, the rabbit gentle
man.
Tag You're it," cried Jimmie. the
crow boy, as he flew after Johnnie and
touched him with his sharp bill
"Ouchi Stop That's no fair, sticking
a fellow that way" chartered Johnnie.
7 didn't mean to-" spoke Jimmie. 7
didn't think you were running so slow
". I thought you'd get out Of my
way
7 can run as fast as your said John
ME, and his voice was not at all pleas
ant 1t was more like a hickory nut
cracking voice than a tag playing One
Your bill is too sharp anyhow" the
squirrel boy said Pm not going to
play with you any more"
HUI That's what the girls say
You're a regular girl" cawed Jimmie,
and then the two friends. who had been
playing so nicely a while before, had
2 little quarrel
I'm going homer chartered Johnnie
Go on I'm glad of it." snapped jim
ME, looking around TO find some thing
bright and shiny to hide.
MY, my This is too bad" said
Uncle Wiggily, as he sat on the porch
Of the hollow stump bungalow, read
ing the birchbark newspaper I don't
like TO see my little friends angry at
one another"
sOh. well. they'll get over it" said
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat
lady. as she came out to hang up some
clothes. And just then Aunt FHppity-
Flop, the dear little old maid crow lady,
leaned out Of her nest house in the tall
pine tree TO see what Nurse Jane was
doing.
Aunt Flippity-Flop leaned over too
far, and being very easily upset, she
suddenly fell out Of the nest
"Oh dearr' exclaimed Uncle Wiggily.
hopping along on his red. white and
blue striped barber pole rheumatism
crutch 10 pick her up. "Oh dear! Are
you hurt?7
Thank you, I'm not hurt a bit" said
Aunt Flippity-F1op, as she picked her
self up. i fell on soft sofa cushion
from your airship, Mr. Longears. I'm
all right"
clad to hear it." spoke the rabbit
gentleman, and then he and Nurse
Jane forgot all about the little quar-
rel Jimmie and Johnnie had had. But
the squirrel boy did not forget nor
did the crow chap
It was the day after this that Mrs.
Bushytail said TO Johnnie, when he
came home from school.
Come along with me now, Johnnie
7 am going to buy you new pair Of
shoes"
"Oh, goodie-" chartered the squirrel
boy
But If you wear them home, as Bill
lie did his new suit. you must not walk
in the mud with them said Mrs
Bushytan-
I'll be careful" Johnnie promised
So along he went TO the store with
his mother and she bought him new
They are Just fine," the squirrel boy
said. as he looked at his newly shod
feet sI'Il wear these new shoes home.
mother, and they can send the old
pair"
VERY well" agreed Mrs. Bushytail,
down TO the five and six cent store 10
get a new piano. and you may go home
by yourself I'll soon be there myself
TO get supper
'.Au right" spoke Johnnie, and along
he went, quite proud, indeed Of his new
shoes. Not too proud, you understand,
for that would not be right but just
proud enough
Wen, Johnnie walked and walked,
and he was thinking how nice his
shoes were when, all Of a sudden one
Of them began hurting his foot.
NV That's queer" thought John
ME. The shoes felt all right in the
store. I wonder why they hurt ne
now Can it be that the COW gentle
man, who tried them on, put them on
the wrong feetE'
He looked to make sure; but, no, the
left shoe was on his left foot and the
right one on the right Still, as Johnnie
walked on, the left shoe hurt him more
and more. Soon he could scarcely step