Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
UNCLE WIG0lLY AND JOHNNY
BUSHYTAll.
(By Howard r. Garis.)
Papet Newspaper Service.

BUSHYTAiL.
(By Howard r. Garis)
Pagst Newspaper Service.
Copyright by Evening News Publish
ing Company of Newark, N. j.,
1850
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the nice
old gentleman rabbit, was whistling
a tune one morning as he put on his
fur overcoat and took his red, white
and blue striped barber pole rheuma-
tism crutch down of the piano.
"Toot-te-toot!'' whilstled Uncle Wig
gily. ''Toot-te-toot-te-toot! I'll sing a
song for you. Carrots they are vel
low, and some cabbage 1t Is blue!"
well, WE'LL" exclaimed, Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady, you
feel pretty fine this morning, Uncle
Wiggily. Is anything going to hap
penn"
II really don't know whether there
is or not, Nurse Jane" answered the
rabbit gentleman politely. But l am
going for walk in the woods, and l
may have an adventure; who
knows?"
True, indeed! Who knows?" re-
peated Nurse Jane, as she sprinkled
some nice smelling talcum powder in
the sink before she gave the breakfast
dishes their bath.
Then Uncle Wiggily started of over
the fields, which were still covered
with the winter snow. As he went
along he looked on all sides for an adj
venture, but the only one he saw was
q little rabbit boy throwing snow
balls.
"And l don't want that kind of an
adventure, especially as have on my
tall silk hat" Uncle Wiggily said to
himself as he hoped quickly around
a stump where the little rabbit boy
would not see him.
Pretty soon Uncle Wiggily found
himself alone in the woods. There,
he knew, the SNOWFALL throwing rab-
rabbit gentleman walked more slow
~.
He looked on all sides, up and down
and through the middle, but still he
saw no adventure
well, I don't believe anything is
going to happen to me today" said
Uncle Wiggily to himself, as he scrap
ed away bit of snow near a rock,
to see If any green clover was grow
ing there. But none was, am sorry
to say.
Well Uncle Wiggily was just going
to hop on, thinking perhaps he might
60 over and have game Of Scotch
checkers with Grandfather Goosey
Gander, when all at once there was
q rustling sound in the bushes back
Of the rabbit gentleman.
"Ha! Some one Is there!" exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily, looking carefully
around, and getting ready to run il
he saw any danger. Some one Is in
the bushes" he said. 81 only hope
1t is no bad friend of mine"
Then, all Of sudden, out from the
bush came Johnnie Bushytail, the
little boy squirrel. He had a very
large bundle under his paw, so large,
In fact, that he could hardly carry 1t.
And as soon as Johnnie saw Uncle
Wiggily he called out:
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily! Such fun!
Such fun!"
Fun, eh?' said Uncle Wiggily.
"Fun? Seems to me you have a queer
idea of fun, my squirrel boy, carrying
q big load like that"
ooh. / don't in the least mind this, :"
said johnnie. ut isn't as heavy as it
looks. 1t is only big loaf Of bread,
that Mrs. Wibblewobble, the duck lady,
asked me to take home to my mother
Mrs. Wibblewobble stopped me on my
way from school to give me the bread.
But didn't mean carrying it was fun. :
mo? What did you mean them?
asked Uncle Wiggily, brushing snow.
flake of his whiskers.
"Why, I've had such fun sliding on
the ice!" cried Johnnie. TITS as much
fun as eating hickory nuts. Just back
here is little pond, all frozen over,
and have been sliding all over on the
ice. It's fine fun. Come on Uncle
Wiggily, have a Slide" and Johnnie
jumped up and down SO fast, as he was
SO happy, that his big tail looked just
like two busting brushes and part of
another one. Come and slide, Uncle
Wiggily!" he gaily cried.
well, don't mind if l do, Johnnie
the rabbit gentleman slowly said. Il
came out to look for an adventure, but
/ can't seem to find any. So will take
a slide on the ice instead. Where Is
the pond?"
Fright back here" said the squir-
rel boy, and he went on ahead to show
Uncle Wiggily the way. Soon they
came to a little frozen pond in the
midst of the woods
"This is how you slide!" cried John
ME, as he laid the big loaf of bread
down on the ground. Then he took
a little run, held his legs stiff and away